The authors present a case of a 54-year-old man with a fracture at the base of the odontoid process (dens) following a traffic accident. This paper describes the clinical-instrumental approach for research purposes, an objective diagnosis to find the presence of lesions, and the medico-legal issues caused by the difficulty in evaluating the impairment level resulting from this type of injury.
Type II odontoid fracture: A case report and a correct medico-legal evaluation
Feola A.
2018
Abstract
The authors present a case of a 54-year-old man with a fracture at the base of the odontoid process (dens) following a traffic accident. This paper describes the clinical-instrumental approach for research purposes, an objective diagnosis to find the presence of lesions, and the medico-legal issues caused by the difficulty in evaluating the impairment level resulting from this type of injury.File in questo prodotto:
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