Differential treatment in acute upper cervical spine injuries: A critical review of a single-institution series

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-211

  Vieweg, Uwe ^a   Meyer, Bernhard ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlas axis fracture; Conservative therapy; Operative therapy; Upper cervical spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033634891     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00301-3     Document Type: Article

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