Long-term maintenance of cervical alignment after occipitocervical and atlantoaxial screw fixation in young children

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 55-61

  Anderson, Richard C E ^a   Kan, Peter ^b   Gluf, Wayne M ^b   Brockmeyer, Douglas L ^b  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Long term outcome; Occipitocervical fusion; Pediatric neurosurgery; Screw fixation; Spinal deformity

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOPHYTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SUBLUXATION; AGE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; JOINT INSTABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748442695     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2006.105.1.55     Document Type: Article

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