Transoral fusion with internal fixation in a displaced hangman's fracture

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-298

  Wilson, Adrian J ^a   Marshall, Robert W ^a   Frcs, Michael Ewart ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axis; Hangman's fracture; Internal fixation; Locking plate; Transoral; Traumatics pondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; AXIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AXIS; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; ILIUM; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033082088     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199902010-00022     Document Type: Article

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