Biomechanical characteristics of C1-2 cable fixations

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 316-322

  Dickman, Curtis A ^a   Crawford, Neil R ^a   Paramore, Christopher G ^a,b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

atlas; axis; Brooks fusion; Gallie fusion; interspinous fusion; spinal biomechanics; spinal instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE GRAFT; BONE STRESS; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030055004     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.2.0316     Document Type: Article

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