Recognition and management of atlanto-occipital dislocation: Improving survival from an often fatal condition

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 412-420

  Fisher, C G ^a   Sun, J C L ^a   Dvorak, M ^a  

^a D605 Heather Pavilion ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOTICS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURVIVAL; TRACTION THERAPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL FRACTURES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035670345     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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