Unilateral facet dislocation : always reduce ?


Published online: Dec 27 2012

Richard J. DE JONG, Arnold W. VREELING, Job L.C. VAN SUSANTE

From the Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Abstract

A unilateral facet dislocation noted in a 17-year-old boy after an axial cervical trauma proved to be an incidentally encountered preexisting lesion, most likely originating from a forceps delivery at birth. The surgical treatment initially considered was converted to a conservative approach, with full clinical recovery.

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