Complete reduction of retro-odontoid soft tissue mass in os odontoideum following the posterior C1-C2 tranarticular screw fixation

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1961-1964

  Jun, Byung Yoon ^a,b  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial subluxation; Myelopathy; Os odontoideum; Transarticular screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0033568110     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199909150-00017     Document Type: Article

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