Odontoid screw fixation for fresh and remote fractures

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 416-423

  Rao, Ganesh ^a   Apfelbaum, Ronald I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone screws; Fracture fixation or spinal fractures surgery; Odontoid process

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOSIS; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645279233     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.22607     Document Type: Review

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