Longitudinal atlantoaxial dislocation with type III odontoid fracture

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 666-670

  Przybylski, Gregory J ^a,b   Welch, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Fracture; Odontoid process; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Traction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CASE REPORT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029880503     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.4.0666     Document Type: Article

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