Threaded Steinmann pin fusion of the craniovertebral junction

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1630-1637

  Apostolides, Paul J ^a   Dickman, Curtis A ^a   Golfinos, John G ^a   Papadopoulos, Stephen M ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

basilar invagination; craniovertebral junction; rheumatoid arthritis; spinal arthrodesis; spinal instability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE NAILS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029999186     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199607150-00004     Document Type: Article

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