The surgical management of type II odontoid fractures: Anterior screw placement versus posterior C1/C2 fusion

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 200-203

  McGuire, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037530028     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200306000-00013     Document Type: Review

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