Transoral Reduction and Osteosynthesis C1 as a Function-Preserving Option in the Treatment of Unstable Jefferson Fractures

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 823-827

  Ruf, Michael ^a   Melcher, Robert ^a   Harms, Jürgen ^a  

^a Klinikum Karlsbad Langensteinbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlas fracture; Jefferson fracture; Transoral approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT MOBILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842511579     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000116984.42466.7E     Document Type: Article

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