Occipital condyle fractures: Report of five cases and literature review

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 487-492

  Caroli, Emanuela ^a   Rocchi, Giovanni ^b   Orlando, Epimenio Ramundo ^a   Delfini, Roberto ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head injury; Imaging; Lower cranial nerve palsy; Occipital condyle fracture; Treatment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; OCCIPITAL CONDYLE FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKULL FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRACES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21544431887     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0832-z     Document Type: Review

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