Pediatric congenital atlantoaxial dislocation: Differences between the irreducible and reducible varieties

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 115-122

  Salunke, Pravin ^a   Behari, Sanjay ^a   Kirankumar, Markani V ^a   Sharma, Manish S ^a   Jaiswal, Awadesh K ^a   Jain, Vijendra K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Cervicomedullary junction; Pediatric neurosurgery; Spinal fusion; Transoral approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECK PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPASTICITY; SPINE FUSION; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 33644927526     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2006.104.2.115     Document Type: Article

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