Surgically treated traumatic synchondrotic disruption of the odontoid process in a 15-month-old girl

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 85-87

  Reinges, Marcus H T ^a   Mayfrank, Lothar ^a   Rohde, Veit ^a   Spetzger, Uwe ^a   Gilsbach, Joachim M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Children; Odontoid fracture; Pediatric spine; Spinal cord injury; Synchondrosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE WIRES; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0031838514     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050182     Document Type: Article

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