Recurrent atlantoaxial rotatory fixation in children: A rare complication of a rare condition - Report of four cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 307-311

  Crossman, John E ^b   Thompson, Dominic ^b   Hayward, Richard D ^b   Ransford, Andrew O ^b   Crockard, H Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation; Children; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOAXIAL ROTATORY FIXATION; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 1542318132     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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