Atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation after a pediatric tonsillectomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 917-919

  Dasen, Kevin R ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBLUXATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TONSILLECTOMY; TORTICOLLIS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; SPASM; TONSILLECTOMY; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0032882092     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199910000-00018     Document Type: Article

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