Displaced fracture through the anterior atlantal synchondrosis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 547-549

  Thakar, Chrishan ^a   Harish, Srinivasan ^a   Saifuddin, Asif ^a,b   Allibone, James ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlas fracture; Computed tomography; Injury; Spine; Synchondrosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTAL SYNCHONDROSIS FRACTURE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALLING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATLAS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; SPASM; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24344505043     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-005-0904-0     Document Type: Article

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