How should atlas fracture be treated
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Patients with atlas fracture can be treated by general treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment, etc., as follows:
1. General treatment
If the patient's fracture is slight, please ask a professional doctor for over-extension reduction, and after reduction, do head and neck plaster external fixation treatment. Usually, pay attention to rest, properly strengthen nutrition, and eat foods rich in vitamins and calcium.
2. Drug treatment
Patients can use indomethacin, celecoxib, diclofenac sodium and other drugs under the guidance of doctors to relieve pain symptoms.
3. Surgical treatment
If the patient's fracture is serious, surgery is needed, such as atlantoaxial fusion, occipitoccipitocervical fusion, etc.
