Endoscopic transnasal resection of the odontoid in a patient with severe brainstem compression

MeSH terms

• Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnostic imaging
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid / pathology
• Atlanto-Axial Joint / diagnostic imaging
• Atlanto-Axial Joint / pathology
• Atlanto-Axial Joint / surgery
• Brain Stem Infarctions / etiology
• Brain Stem Infarctions / pathology
• Brain Stem Infarctions / surgery*
• Decompression, Surgical / instrumentation
• Decompression, Surgical / methods
• Endoscopy / methods*
• Female
• Humans
• Joint Dislocations / complications
• Joint Dislocations / pathology
• Joint Dislocations / surgery*
• Laminectomy / adverse effects
• Laminectomy / methods
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Medulla Oblongata / pathology
• Medulla Oblongata / surgery
• Middle Aged
• Nasal Cavity / anatomy & histology
• Nasal Cavity / surgery*
• Neurosurgical Procedures / instrumentation
• Neurosurgical Procedures / methods
• Occipital Bone / diagnostic imaging
• Occipital Bone / pathology
• Occipital Bone / surgery
• Odontoid Process / diagnostic imaging
• Odontoid Process / pathology
• Odontoid Process / surgery*
• Postoperative Complications / etiology
• Postoperative Complications / pathology
• Postoperative Complications / surgery
• Spinal Fusion / adverse effects
• Spinal Fusion / methods
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Treatment Outcome