Typical and Atypical Fractures of the Odontoid Process in Young Children: Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 524-530

  Schippers, N ^a   Konings P ^b   Hassler, W ^a   Sommer, B ^c  

^a Klinikum Kalkweg   (Germany)

^b BG Unfallklinik Duisburg GmbH   (Germany)

^c Radiological Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Fracture; Odontoid process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029951937     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411172     Document Type: Article

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