Bilateral occipital condylar fracture. Case report about successful treatment with SOMI brace

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-214

  Payer, M ^a   Delavelle, J ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL CONDYLE FRACTURE; ORTHOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL SURGERY; STERNAL OCCIPITAL MANDIBULAR IMMOBILIZATION BRACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342283120     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.02.010     Document Type: Article

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