Traumatic fracture-dislocation of C5 on C6 through a previously solid multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: A case report and review of the literature

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-60

  Orndorff, Douglas G ^a   Samartzis, Dino ^b,c   Whitehill, Richard ^a   Shen, Francis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Graduate Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy; Cervical spine; Fracture; Fracture dislocation; Fusion; Internal fixation; Osteoporosis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRACTION THERAPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 30544441595     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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