Reduction techniques in cervical facet dislocations

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 336-344

  Keynan, Ory ^a   Dvorak, Marcel ^a   Fisher, Charles ^a  

^a D 6 Heather Pavilion ^*

Author keywords

Cervical facet dislocation; Cervical facet stabilization; Cervical spine reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; OPEN REDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RELIABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043212071     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013611-200209000-00009     Document Type: Article

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