A new table-fixed retractor for anterior odontoid screw fixation. Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 294-296

  Hott, Jonathan S ^a   Henn, Jeffrey S ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Odontoid fracture; Retractor; Screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037381089     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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