Clinical experience with rigid occipitocervical fusion in the management of traumatic upper cervical spinal instability

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-198

  Lee, Sai Cheung ^a   Chen, Jyi Feng ^a   Lee, Shih Tseng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Occipitocervical fusion; Posterior spinal instrumentation; Spinal trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644543457     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.03.031     Document Type: Article

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