Posterior atlanto-axial fusion with the Olerud Cervical Fixation System for odontoid fractures and C1-C2 instability in rheumatoid arthritis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Cornefjord, M ^a   Henriques, T ^a   Alemany, M ^a   Olerud, C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atlas; Axis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spinal fracture; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REOPERATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOLID; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037291782     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-002-0470-2     Document Type: Article

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