Magnetic resonance imaging-compatible posterior cervical implant for occipitocervical stabilization: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 852-856

  Crockard, H Alan ^a   Tammam, Ahmed ^a   Mendoza, Nigel ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical instrumentation; Magnetic resonance imaging compatibility; Posterior stabilization; Spinal stabilization

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE TUMOR;

EID: 0031762354     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.5.0852     Document Type: Article

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