Halo jacket in odontoid fractures type II and III

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 64-67

  Komadina, Radko ^a   Brilej, Drago ^a   Kosanović, Miloš ^a   Vlaović, Miodrag ^a  

^a General Teaching Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

External fixators; Fractures; Odontoid process

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038000659     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0473-4     Document Type: Article

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