Vertical translocation. Part II. Outcomes after surgical treatment of rheumatoid cervical myelopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 863-869

  Casey, Adrian T H ^a   Crockard, H Alan ^a   Stevens, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basilar impression; Cervical vertebra; Cranial settling; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vertical translocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0030721983     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.6.0863     Document Type: Article

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