Atlantoaxial screw fixation for the treatment of isolated and combined unstable Jefferson fractures - Experiences with 8 patients

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1187-1192

  Hein, C ^a   Richter, H P ^b   Rath, S A ^a  

^a Hospital Deggendorf   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Atlantoaxial transarticular screw fixation; Atlas burst fracture; Jefferson fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HEALING; HUMAN; JEFFERSON FRACTURE; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036434285     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-002-0998-2     Document Type: Article

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