Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation — The Injury You Must Not Traction ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:32 Why The Junction Fails 2:18 Why The Junction Fails: Read The Image 2:54 Diagnosis On CT And MRI 5:32 Diagnosis On CT And MRI: Read The Image 6:06 The Resuscitation Trap 8:33 The Resuscitation Trap: Read The Image 9:17 Definitive Stabilisation 12:47 Definitive Stabilisation: Read The Image 13:14 Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation — Core… 13:39 Recap & sources Recognise craniocervical dissociation before movement becomes fatal In this OrthoVellum master lecture • AOD is primarily a ligamentous craniocervical injury • CT measurements must be interpreted together • Normal pulses or a reassuring plain film do not exclude it • Do not apply traction to a distraction injury • Definitive treatment is occipitocervical stabilisation Full clinical topic and references: https://orthovellum.com/topics/atlanto-occipital-dislocation Image credits • Dave BR et al. — CC BY 4.0 — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12857585/figure/FIG6/ • Hillis M et al. — CC BY 4.0 — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13053567/figure/F3/ • Lee SH et al. — CC BY 4.0 — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9744818/figure/Fig1/ • Kwon JH et al. — CC BY 4.0 — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11727652/figure/jcm-13-07639-g001/ Educational only — not individual medical advice. #orthopaedics #orthopedics #medicaleducation #orthovellum Orthovellum.com