Management of combination fractures of the atlas and axis in adults

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Hadley, Mark N ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; ADULT; AXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INJURY; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINE FRACTURE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATLAS; AXIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0036491728     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200203001-00022     Document Type: Review

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