Management of lesions involving the craniocervical junction

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-171

  Vender, John R ^a   McDonnell, Dennis E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicomedullary junction; Craniocervical junction; Occipital cervical junction

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035005588     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-200106000-00007     Document Type: Review

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