Therapeutic options and results following fixed atlantoaxial rotatory dislocations

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-68

  Weißkopf, Markus ^b   Naeve, Detlef ^a   Ruf, Michael ^a   Harms, Jürgen ^a   Jeszenszky, Dezsö ^c  

^a Klinikum Karlsbad Langensteinbach   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Temporary fixation; Transoral approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15044350461     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0772-7     Document Type: Article

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