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Occipital Condyle Compression Fracture
Occipital Condyle Compression Fracture
By: Arunya Sithivinayagam
Mechanism of Injury:
Symptoms of Injury:
Diagnostic Tests and Results:
Type Of Bone Fracture: Left Occipital Condyle Compression Fracture
While she was practicing her snowmobiling she was involved in a high-speed snowmobile accident in which she was thrown off her vehicle and landed on her head.
- The patient constantly complained that she had a severe pain in her upper neck
- She also mentioned experiencing some weird voice changes after her injury
- She had a lot difficulty in swallowing which was slowly worsening
- She also had a worsening headache
- She had a small cervical vertebral swelling
Patient's Medical History
Treatments of Injury:
- Radiographs of cervical spine
-showed no fracture or dislocation
- Anteroposterior and Lateral radiographs of the cervical spine and radiographs of the skull
-showed no abnormality or fracture
- Head and Cervical multislice CT scan
-revealed left occipital condyle fracture
Occipital Condyle Compression Fracture Facts:
- The Occipital Condyles are two bone surfaces at the base of the skull
- Occipital condyles is where the skull meets the spine
- A Compressed Occipital Condylar fracture is like a wall that has a place pushed in
- Compressed fractures may cause damage to other tissues nearby
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- Since the patient has an occipital condyle fracture the patient can be treated with a stiff neck brace like the Philadelphia collar. This is because the brace keeps the patients neck stable and that allows the bones to heal. Although it may not be a neck injury, the neck brace helps keep weight off the bones where the head and neck meet. The neck brace helps the patient recover while regaining full occipitoverical movement with almost no pain.
Name: Melody Clayton
Age: 21
Weight: 140 lbs
Height: 5'6
Gender: Female
Overall Medical Health: NO smoking, drinking, or abuse record. No health concerns. No known diseases dated. Active competitive snowmobile racer.
Back to the Patient Melody Clayton...
Melody was treated with a Philadelphia collar for 2 months after her injury because she didn't have any neurological problems. After two months, the patient recovered regaining full occipitoverical movement with almost no pain.
- If the patients Occipital fracture involves neurological problems that's only when the occipital cervical fusion surgery is done this is when an incision is made in the back of the skull and rods/screws are used to move the compressed bone away from the nerves it was affecting after this the patient is advised to get the neck brace treatment until they have made a full recovery.