Vertical translocation: the enigma of the disappearing atlantodens interval in patients with myelopathy and rheumatoid arthritis. Part I. Clinical, radiological, and neuropathological features.

@article{Casey1997VerticalTT,
  title={Vertical translocation: the enigma of the disappearing atlantodens interval in patients with myelopathy and rheumatoid arthritis. Part I. Clinical, radiological, and neuropathological features.},
  author={Adrian T. H. Casey and H. Alan Crockard and Jennian F. Geddes and John Stevens},
  journal={Journal of neurosurgery},
  year={1997},
  volume={87 6},
  pages={
          856-62
        }
}
This statistical comparison between patients with cervical myelopathy secondary to horizontal atlantoaxial subluxation and those with vertical translocation is designed to elucidate the mechanisms responsible for cranial settling and the effect of translocation on the development of spinal cord compression. In a 10-year study of a cohort of 256 patients, 186 suffered from myelopathy and 116 (62%) of these exhibited vertical translocation according to the Redlund-Johnell criteria. Vertical… 
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