Occipitocervical fusion for rheumatoid arthritis using the inside-outside stabilization technique

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-419

  Sandhu, Faheem A ^a   Pait, T Glenn ^b   Benzel, Edward ^c   Henderson, Fraser C ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inside outside cranial bolt; Occipitocervical fusion; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037442332     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200302150-00019     Document Type: Article

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