Anterior odontoid fixation using a 4.5-mm Herbert screw: the first report of 20 consecutive cases with odontoid fracture

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-366

  Lee, Sun Ho ^a   Sung, Joo Kyung ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior screw fixation; Atlantoaxial instability; Herbert screw; Odontoid process fracture

Indexed keywords

ALLOY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749061266     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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