Percutaneous anterior odontoid screw fixation technique. A new instrument and a cadaveric study

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-524

  Kazan, S ^a   Tuncer, R ^a   Sindel, M ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Instrumentation; Odontoid fracture; Screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISSECTION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; NECK; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE;

BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; ODONTOID PROCESS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0033043271     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050334     Document Type: Article

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