Occipital calvarial bone graft in posterior occipitocervical fusion

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Robertson, Scott C ^a   Menezes, Arnold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniovertebral abnormalities; Occipital graft; Occipito cervical instrumentation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CALVARIA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032518609     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199801150-00020     Document Type: Article

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