Odontoid process and C1-C2 corrective osteotomy through a posterior approach: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1483-1487

  Grundy, Paul L ^a   Gill, Steven S ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Odontoid process; Osteotomy; Posterior approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0031730682     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199812000-00141     Document Type: Article

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