Completely dislocated hangman's fracture with a locked C2-3 facet: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 757-760

  Choi, Won Gyu ^b   Vishteh, A Giancarlo ^b   Baskin, Jonathan J ^b   Marciano, Frederick F ^b   Dickman, Curtis A ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Axis fracture; Hangman's fracture; Locked facet; Spondylolisthesis; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL FRACTURE DISLOCATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; NECK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 1842410142     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.5.0757     Document Type: Article

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