Circumferential cervical spine surgery in an 18-month-old female with traumatic disruption of the odontoid and C3 vertebrae: Case report and review of techniques

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-92

  Dickerman, Rob D ^a   Morgan, Jonathan T ^a   Mittler, Mark ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Craniocervical instability; Odontoid fracture; Spinal cord compression; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; LEG; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACTION THERAPY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; X RAY FILM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 22144490253     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085162     Document Type: Article

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