Transoral joint release of the dislocated atlantoaxial joints combined with posterior reduction and fusion for a late infantile atlantoaxial rotatory fixation. A case report

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1485-1489

  Goto, Sumio ^a   Mochizuki, Makondo ^a   Kita, Tsuneji ^a   Murakami, Masazumi ^a   Nishigaki, Hiromitsu ^a   Moriya, Hideshige ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior surgery; Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation; Joint release of the lateral mass; Transoral approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPEN REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACTION THERAPY;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHODS; QUADRIPLEGIA; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032123050     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199807010-00010     Document Type: Article

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