Nonoperative management of Types II and III odontoid fractures: The Philadelphia collar versus the halo vest

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 450-457

  Polin, Richard S ^a,b   Szabo, Tom ^a   Bogaev, Christopher A ^a   Replogle, Robert E ^a   Jane, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical orthosis; Cervical spine fracture; Halo vest; Odontoid process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030046377     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199603000-00006     Document Type: Article

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