Contemporary posterior occipital fixation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1642-1649

  Stock, Gordon H ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Brown, Andrew K ^a   Anderson, Paul A ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 33745713034     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200607000-00030     Document Type: Review

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