Posterior atlantoaxial fixation: The Magerl screw technique

Orthopedics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 455-459

  Silveri, Christopher P ^a,b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fair Oaks Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BONE SCREW; HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0031807336     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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