Surgical management of lower cervical spine fracture in ankylosing spondylitis

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1005-1009

  Shen, Francis H ^a   Samartzis, Dino ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33750026165     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000208125.63010.04     Document Type: Article

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