Direct anterior fixation of odontoid fractures with a hollow spreading screw system

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-153

  Rainov, N G ^a   Heidecke, V ^a   Burkert, W ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct anterior fixation; Odontoid fracture; Spreading screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; ROTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; DISLOCATIONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0030047224     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411353     Document Type: Article

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