Management of unilateral facet dislocations: A review of the literature

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 917-926

  Andreshak, John L ^a   Dekutoski, Mark B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 0030812604     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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