Posterior fixation of subaxial cervical spine fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 401-408

  Cornefjord, Michael ^a   Alemany, M ^a   Olerud, C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Cervical vertebrae; Fracture fixation; Spinal fracture; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERFORATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL NERVE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 21344437739     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0733-1     Document Type: Article

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