Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation-subluxation revisited: A computed tomographic analysis of acute torticollis in pediatric patients

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2771-2775

  Hicazi, Abdusselam ^a   Acaroglu, Emre ^a   Alanay, Ahmet ^a   Yazici, Muharrem ^a   Surat, Adil ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation; Atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation; Dynamic computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TORTICOLLIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BRACES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0037115161     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200212150-00006     Document Type: Article

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