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A 16-year-old boy diagnosed with KFS and severe BI presented with spastic tetraplegia, opisthotonus and dyspnea. CT scans showed basilar impression, occipitalization of C1 and fusion of C2\/C3. MRI showed ventral compression of the medullocervical junction. Posterior occipitocervical reduction and fusion along with decompression were performed. Paralysis gradually improved postoperatively over 3 weeks. However, severe spasticity and opisthotonus persisted and intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy was initiated. Following this, opisthotonus disappeared and spasticity of the extremities improved. Rehabilitation therapy continued by controlling the dose of ITB. Five years after the surgery, self-propelled wheelchair driving was achieved and activities of daily life improved. The treatment strategy for patients with BI and congenital anomalies remains controversial. Posterior reduction and internal fixation using instrumentation were effective techniques in this case. Spasticity control achieved through a combination of surgery and ITB treatment enabled the amelioration of therapeutic efficacy of rehabilitation and the improvement of ADL.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina60050755","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,2]],"date-time":"2024-05-02T08:42:57Z","timestamp":1714639377000},"page":"755","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Posterior Occipitocervical Fixation and Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy for the Treatment of Basilar Invagination with Klippel\u2013Feil Syndrome: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"60","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2995-9488","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hitoshi","family":"Tonomura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masateru","family":"Nagae","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hidenobu","family":"Ishibashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kunihiko","family":"Hosoi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takumi","family":"Ikeda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, 15-749 Honmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yasuo","family":"Mikami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kenji","family":"Takahashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"183","DOI":"10.1097\/01.blo.0000130267.49895.20","article-title":"Klippel-Feil Syndrome","volume":"424","author":"Tracy","year":"2004","journal-title":"Clin. 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