Salvage of a malpositioned anterior odontoid screw

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 2381-2384

  McLain, Robert F ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Fracture; Instrumentation; Nonunion; Odontoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035499610     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200111010-00016     Document Type: Article

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