Occipitocervical fusions in children: Retrospective analysis and technical considerations

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 364, Issue , 1999, Pages 125-133

  Rodgers, W B ^a,b   Coran, David L ^a,c   Emans, John B ^a   Hresko, M Timothy ^a   Hall, John E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Cap Reg Orthopaedics Sports Med   (United States)

^c Spine Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032864882     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199907000-00017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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