Management of congenital atlanto-axial dislocation: Some lessons learnt

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 386-397

  Jain, V K ^a   Behari, S ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Posterior stabilization; Transoral surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ANESTHESIA; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLAS; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST OF ILLNESS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INJURY; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; LIQUORRHEA; MORBIDITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHOSIS; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TRACTION THERAPY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ANESTHESIA; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0037004950     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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