Eight patients had atlanto-axial instability. Six had interlaminar fusion between atlas and axis. No serious complications were seen. Stability was obtained in all patients postoperatively.

Ankylosing spondylitis is one of the commonest inflammatory diseases of the axial skeleton and can be complicated by atlanto-axial instability. This serious and likely underestimated complication can ...

tumorous calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition, tophaceous gout, calcification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, synovial disease-like pigmented villonodular synovitis, and synovial ...

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Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia closely mimics the dysostosis multiplex, has involvement of epiphyses and spine with atlantoaxial instability, odontoid hypoplasia and platyspondyly.2 However, widespread ...

Objectives: To examine whether functional radiography and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are equally efficient in detecting the extent of unstable anterior atlantoaxial subluxation (aAAS) ...

This is because people with Down Syndrome are more likely to have atlanto-axial instability - a condition where there is excessive movement or instability between the first two vertebrae of the spine.