Treatment of dens fracture in adults: A report of thirty-two cases

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 108-112

  Moon, Myung Sang ^a   Moon, Jeong Lim ^c   Sun, Doo Hoon ^a   Moon, Young Wan ^b  

^a Sun General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BRACE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; BRACES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33745685522     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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