Atlantoaxial fixation: Overview of all techniques

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 408-415

  Mummaneni, Praveen V ^a,c   Haid, Regis W ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Atlanta Brain and Spine Care   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C1 screws; Cervical fusion; Transarticular

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLAMP; DEVICE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 33645308776     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.22606     Document Type: Review

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