Results of long-term follow-up in patients undergoing anterior screw fixation for type II and rostral type III odontoid fractures

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 661-669

  Fountas, Kostas N ^a,c   Kapsalaki, Eftychia Z ^a   Karampelas, Ioannis ^a   Feltes, Carlos H ^a   Dimopoulos, Vassilios G ^a   Machinis, Theofilos G ^a   Nikolakakos, Leonidas G ^a   Boev III, Angel N ^a   Choudhri, Haroon ^b   Smisson, Hugh F ^a   Robinson Jr , Joe S ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior; Fusion; Instrumentation failure; Odontoid fracture; Screw fixation; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20144370801     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000155415.89974.d3     Document Type: Article

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