A review of halo vest treatment of upper cervical spine injuries

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 50-55

  Vieweg, U ^a   Schultheiss R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FRACTURE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035144343     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020000182     Document Type: Article

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