"Atlanto-Occipital Joint" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The point of articulation between the OCCIPITAL BONE and the CERVICAL ATLAS.
| Descriptor ID |
D001269
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.583.101
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| Concept/Terms |
Atlanto-Occipital Joint- Atlanto-Occipital Joint
- Atlanto Occipital Joint
- Atlanto-Occipital Joints
- Joint, Atlanto-Occipital
- Joints, Atlanto-Occipital
- Atloido-Occipital Joint
- Atloido Occipital Joint
- Atloido-Occipital Joints
- Joint, Atloido-Occipital
- Joints, Atloido-Occipital
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Atlanto-Occipital Joint" by people in Profiles.
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The role of occipital condyle and atlas anomalies on occipital cervical fusion outcomes in Chiari malformation type I with syringomyelia: a study from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 Jul 01; 34(1):66-74.
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Congenital Fusion of Dens to T3 Vertebra in Klippel-Feil Syndrome. World Neurosurg. 2020 11; 143:18-22.
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Routine use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in posterior fusions of the pediatric spine and incidence of cancer. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 Jul; 16(1):4-13.
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Comprehensive computed tomography assessment of the upper cervical anatomy: what is normal? Spine J. 2010 Mar; 10(3):219-29.
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Translaminar screw fixation in the subaxial pediatric cervical spine. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2008 Dec; 2(6):386-90.
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Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition in the craniovertebral junction. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 Jan; 8(1):22-9.
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Supine craniospinal irradiation using intrafractional junction shifts and field-in-field dose shaping: early experience at Methodist Hospital. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Jun 01; 71(2):477-83.
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Long-term maintenance of cervical alignment after occipitocervical and atlantoaxial screw fixation in young children. J Neurosurg. 2006 Jul; 105(1 Suppl):55-61.
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Images in clinical medicine. Atloido-occipital dislocation in a small child after air-bag deployment. N Engl J Med. 2001 Oct 25; 345(17):1256.
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C1-C2 block vertebra with fusion of anterior arch of atlas and the odontoid. Australas Radiol. 1993 Feb; 37(1):95-6.