Clinical and radiological findings after different treatment of odontoid fractures type Anderson II and III

Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-156

  Strohm, Peter C ^a   Bley, T A ^a   Ghanem, N ^a   Scheck, B ^a   Sudkamp N P ^a   Muller Ch A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Fracture consolidation; Halo fixator; Odontoid fracture; Radiological findings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33745879137     PISSN: 00015415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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