Occipitocervical reconstruction with the Ohio Medical Instruments Loop: Results of a multicenter evaluation in 30 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 239-246

  Singh, Sheila K ^b   Rickards, Lynda ^b   Apfelbaum, Ronald I ^b   Hurlbert, R John ^b   Maiman, Dennis ^b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Clinical trial; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spinal instability; Trauma

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0344211464     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2003.98.3.0239     Document Type: Article

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