Failure of transodontoid screw fixation: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 158-160

  Etebar, Shahin ^a   Cahill, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Odontoid fracture; Screw failure; Screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DATA ANALYSIS; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031985059     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.1.0158     Document Type: Article

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