Syringomyelia caused by loosening of multistrand cables following C1-2 Brooks-type fusion in the rheumatoid cervical spine: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 366-368

  Mizutani, Jun ^a   Tsubouchi, Shunji ^a   Fukuoka, Muneyoshi ^a   Otsuka, Takanobu ^a   Matsui, Nobuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone resorption; Cerebrospinal fluid flow; Multistrand cable; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spinal fusion; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE WIRES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036774314     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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