Dens fractures in the elderly. Results of anterior screw fixation in 19 elderly patients

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-324

  Berlemann, Ulrich ^a   Schwarzenbach, Othmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; ROTATION;

EID: 0030870930     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679708996169     Document Type: Article

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