Fractures of the odontoid process treated with anterior screw fixation;Anterior skruefiksation af dens axis-fraktur

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 163, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2140-2143

  Nielsen, Ole Jakob Vilholm ^b   Edal, Anette Loft ^b   Kruse, Anders ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035832155     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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