Nonsurgical treatment of a C6-7 unilateral locked facet joint in an infant: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 220-222

  Hott, Jonathan S ^a   Feiz Erfan, Iman ^a   Kim, Louis J ^a   Rekate, Harold L ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Locked facet joint; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FACET JOINT DISLOCATION; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOCKED FACET JOINT; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0942269003     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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