Atlas burst fracture (Jefferson fracture) requiring surgical treatment after conservative treatment - Report of two cases

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 987-991

  Yamamoto, Hiromichi ^a   Kurimoto, Masanori ^a   Hayashi, Nakamasa ^a   Ohmori, Tomoaki ^a   Hirashima, Yutaka ^a   Endo, Shunro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlas burst fracture; Lateral offset; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JEFFERSON FRACTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEURORADIOLOGY; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ATLAS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036713737     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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