Occipitocervical fusion with C1 laminectomy in children

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1209-1214

  Nakagawa, Tosifumi ^a   Yone, Kazunori ^a   Sakou, Takashi ^a   Yanase, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Cervical spine; Occipitocervical fusion; Spinal growth; Spinal instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE NAILS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030924384     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199706010-00006     Document Type: Article

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