Posterior surgical treatment for the rheumatoid cervical spine

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 756-759

  Eyres, K S ^a,b   Gray, D H ^a   Robertson, P ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Fusion; Posterior; Rheumatoid disease; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031822904     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/37.7.756     Document Type: Article

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