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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5777/1510056

Adolescent Idiopathic Torticollis: Morphological Vertebral Changes of the Spinal Canal and the Spinal Cord Position: A Case Report

Pedro Gutiérrez Carbonell and Ruiz Miñana E

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 11, 2017

Cervical spinal canal deformities can be caused by muscular deforming forces, as in the case of a 10-year-old male with inveterate left torticollis. Atlas and axis bone deformities were observed, including subluxation of the odontoid apophysis, hypertrophy of the anterior arch of the atlas, hypoplasia of the posterior arches of atlas, and deformation of the spinal canal accompanied by an eccentric position of the spinal cord....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5777/1510055

Saved by the Bar: A Report of Bullet Deflection by Nuss Bar

Farris Serio and Andrew McCague

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 27, 2017

This is the case of a 17-year-old male who was saved from a penetrating thoracic gunshot wound by the extra-thoracic segment of a Nuss bar, placed 7 months earlier for treatment of a pectus excavatum defect. We discuss the significance of non-penetrating thoracic trauma and the workup involved....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5777/1510054

Fixation of a Distal Diaphyseal Tibia Fracture with Neurovascular Tissue Incarceration: Surgical Technique Using a Lesser Invasive Approach

Wilson Belaieff, Dennis Dominguez and Axel Gamulin

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 19, 2017

Soft tissue incarceration in a distal diaphyseal tibia fracture may predispose to adverse fracture healing. Incarcerated soft tissue may include nerves and/or vessels, with the potential for neurovascular complications....

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