Atlantoaxial joint distraction for treatment of basilar invagination secondary to rheumatoid arthritis

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-240

  Goel, A ^a,b   Pareikh, S ^a   Sharma, P ^a  

^a LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Basilar invagination; Craniovertebral junction; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TITANIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; ATLAS; AXIS; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT DISTRACTION; METAL IMPLANTATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLATE FIXATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACTION THERAPY; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 27744577911     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.16424     Document Type: Article

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