Anterior screw fixation combined with posterior interlaminar fusion for fracture of axis: Report of two cases

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-100

  Suzuki, Fumio ^a   Nakajima, Masayuki ^b   Matsuda, Masayuki ^b   Tanaka, Toshiki ^b   Matsumura, Kenichi ^b   Koyama, Tsunemaro ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dislocation; Odontoid fracture; Posterior fixation; Screw fixation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; DISLOCATIONS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0032920288     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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