Occipito-cervical fusion with the cervical Cotrel-Dubousset rod system

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 969-976

  Heidecke, V ^a   Rainov, N G ^a   Burkert, W ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical spine fracture; Cotrel rod; Cotrel Dubousset instrumentation; Occipito cervical fusion; Rheumatic polyarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031685427     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050200     Document Type: Article

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