Fractures of the odontoid process: A report of 15 cases in children younger than 6 years

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-54

  Odent, Thierry ^a   Langlais, Jean ^a   Glorion, Christophe ^a   Kassis, Bashar ^a   Bataille, Jacques ^a   Pouliquen, Jean Claude ^a  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fracture; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurologic complications; Odontoid process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

AXIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032928730     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199901000-00012     Document Type: Article

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