Posterior instrumentation of the unstable cervicothoracic spine

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 552-558

  Chapman, Jens R ^a,b   Anderson, Paul A ^a   Pepin, Christopher ^a   Toomey, Sean ^a   Newell, David W ^a   Grady, M Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cervicothoracic junction; instrumentation; spine; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0030006266     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.4.0552     Document Type: Article

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