Occipitocervical fusion following the extreme lateral transcondylar approach

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-116

  Bejjani, Ghassan K ^a   Sekhar, Laligam N ^b   Riedel, Charles J ^c   Dickman, Curtis A ^d   Traynelis, Vincent C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Medlantic Brain and Spine Institute   (United States)

^d BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial base surgery; Craniocervical instability; Occipital condyle; Occipitocervical fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL SURGERY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0033762594     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00255-X     Document Type: Article

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