Transarticular screws in the management of C1-C2 instability in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 582-588

  Reilly, Christopher W ^a,c   Choit, Rachel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Down syndrome; Os odontoideum; Pediatric; Transarticular screws

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33748157069     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000230337.26652.55     Document Type: Article

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