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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 61
| Issue : 1 | Page : 69--72 |
Endoscopic transnasal odontoidectomy using ultrasonic bone curette: Technical case report
Francesco Zenga1, Andrea Bolzoni Villaret2, Marco Maria Fontanella3, Piero Nicolai2
1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
2 Department of Otolaryngology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
3 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Correspondence Address:
Francesco Zenga
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Torino, Torino
Italy
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.108015
A 65-year-old woman, a case of cranio-vertebral junction anomaly, presented with a sudden onset of quadriparesis, dysphagia, and breathing difficulty and required emergency surgery. She underwent image-guided endoscopic transnasal odontoidectomy followed by occipito-cervical decompression and stabilization. She recovered well, with immediate improvement of respiratory function. Burning paresthesias disappeared and the upper limbs function normalized.
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