Occipitocervical fixation: Long-term results

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 530-535

  Deutsch, Harel ^a,b   Haid Jr , Regis W ^a   Rodts Jr , Gerald E ^a   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical pain; Occipitocervical fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; FEMALE; FILM; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORTALITY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME;

EID: 14344266860     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000154715.88911.ea     Document Type: Review

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