Pediatric atlantoaxial instability: Management with screw fixation

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 70-78

  Wang, Jin ^a,b   Vokshoor, Amir ^a   Kim, Stanley ^a   Elton, Scott ^a   Kosnik, Edward ^a   Bartkowski, Henry ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Atlantoaxial stabilization; Odontoid fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032920009     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028766     Document Type: Article

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