Nonoperative management of dens fracture nonunion in elderly patients without myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1339-1343

  Hart, Robert ^a   Saterbak, Andrea ^b   Rapp, Timothy ^c   Clark, Charles ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Croix Orthopaedics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dens fractures; Elderly; Myelopathy; Natural history; Nonunions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034213580     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200006010-00004     Document Type: Article

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