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Missed cervical spine subluxation leading to bilateral facet dislocation with severe deformity requiring 360 fixation |
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| Authors: | Sayed Samed Talibi Jonathan Kyaw Thant Davor Dasic Amjad Shad Professor |
| Affiliation: | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Warwickshire, UK |
| Abstract: | A 41 year-old male that presented after a fall downstairs and the initial imaging was misinterpreted, missing a subtle abnormality, C5/6 subluxation. The patient presented later with neck pain and further imaging demonstrated bilateral facet dislocation with severe deformity requiring 360 spinal fixation. |
| Keywords: | Cervical spine fracture Instability Radiology Spinal injury Subluxation Trauma |