Fixation of odontoid fractures by an anterior screw

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 472-477

  Henry, A D ^a,b,d   Bohly, J ^a,c   Grosse, A ^a,c  

^a Ctr Traumatologie et d'Oorthopedie   (France)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre de Traumatologie et d'Orthopedie de Strasbourg   (France)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0032988569     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B3.9109     Document Type: Article

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