Proposal of a modified, treatment-oriented classification of odontoid fractures

Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-129

  Grauer, Jonathan N ^a,b   Shafi, Bilal ^a   Hilibrand, Alan S ^a   Harrop, James S ^c   Kwon, Brian K ^a,d   Breiner, Jonh M ^a   Albert, Todd J ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^e   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axis; Cervical vertebrae; Odontoid process; Spinal fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; ODONTOID PROCESS; ORTHOPEDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 14744292983     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2004.09.014     Document Type: Article

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