Inverted-hook occipital clamp system in occipitocervical fixation: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 135-141

  Faure, Alexis ^a   Monteiro, Ruy ^a   Hamel, Olivier ^a   Raoul, Sylvie ^a   Szapiro, Jacek ^a   Alcheikh, Marwan ^a   Bord, Eric ^a   Robert, Roger ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Craniocervical abnormality; Craniovertebral junction; Occipital bone; Occipitocervical fixation device; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0036293816     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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