Table 1.

Summary of the previously published ten cases

Case no.	References	Age, Sex	Facial lacerations	Neurodeficit	Reduction		Operation and approach
					Closed	Open
1	Haralson [7]	30, M	Yes	No	Yes	No	Posterior wiring and fusion
2	Sassard [12]	20, F	Yes	No on initial examination	Yes	No	No
3	Patzakis [11]	37, M	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
4	Fox [6]	65, M	Not mentioned	Transient quadriplegia, recovered 5 h after the injury	No	Yes	Anterior transoral odontoidectomy and posterior wiring and cement stabilization
5	Jamshidi [8]	22, M	Yes	No	Yes	No	Posterior wiring and fusion
6	Wong [18]	23, M	Not mentioned	Abnomal sensation from T7–8 level	Yes	No	Posterior wiring and fusion
7	Sud [16]	38, M	Not mentioned	Upper limb weakness secondary to brachial plexus injury	Yes but failed due to quadriparesis during traction	Yes	Partial odontoidectomy and posterior fixation
8	Yoon [19]	22, M	Yes	Possibly due to subarachnoid hemorrhage	No	Yes	Posterior transarticular screw fixation
9	Neumann [10]	64, M	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
10	Chaudhary [3]	35, F	Over the nape of the neck	Corresponded to the C6–C7 facetal subluxation	Yes	No	No