Indications for surgery and stabilization techniques of the occipito-cervical junction

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages S44-S53

  Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Lim, Moe R ^a   Lee, Joon Y ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion; Instability; Instrumentation; Occipito cervical; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATLAS; AXIS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; IMMOBILIZATION; IMPLANT; JOINT STABILITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE MOBILITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; CERVICAL SPINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; JOINT INSTABILITY; OCCIPITAL BONE; REVIEW;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; OCCIPITAL BONE; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 21244448815     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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