Posterior occipitoaxial fusion for atlantoaxial dislocation associated with occipitalized atlas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 559-564

  Jain, Vijendra K ^a   Mittal, Piyush ^a   Banerji, Deepu ^a   Behari, Sanjay ^a   Acharya, Rajesh ^a   Chhabra, Devendra K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

atlantoaxial dislocation; occipitalization of the atlas; posterior occipitocervical fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLAS; AXIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029866439     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.4.0559     Document Type: Article

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