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Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Understand that early surgical stabilization is recommended for all children with atlanto-occipital dislocation.
  2. Discuss why halo immobilization and traction are contraindicated in the management of atlanto-occipital dislocation in children.
  3. Recognize that postoperative hydrocephalus is frequent and that nearly half of children who survive atlanto-occipital will have residual neurologic deficits.

Disclosures

All faculty members and all AAOS staff members in a position to control the content of this CME activity have disclosed that they and their spouse/life partners (if any) have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: $40.00

Credits:

  • AAOS 1.0 CME

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Test Code: JAAOS2018(18)
Published: October 2018
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Required Passing Score: 9/12 (75%)
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Topics: Cranial Nerves , Fixation , Hydrocephalus , MRI , Motor Vehicle Collision , Outcomes , Paralysis , Spinal Cord Injury , Spinal Fusion , Traumatic Injury