Open reduction of irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation by transoral anterior atlantoaxial release and posterior internal fixation

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Wang, Chao ^a   Yan, Ming ^a   Hai, Tao Zhou ^a   Sheng, Lin Wang ^a   Geng, Ting Dang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior release; Atlantoaxial dislocation; Occipitocervical fusion; Reduction; Transoral surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646799117     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000217686.80327.e4     Document Type: Article

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