Hangman's fracture: A biomechanical comparison of stabilization techniques

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-187

  Duggal, Neil ^a   Chamberlain, Robert H ^b   Perez Garza, Luis E ^b   Espinoza Larios, Adolfo ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b   Crawford, Neil R ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical spine; Hangman'sfracture; Pars; Pedicle; Spinalinstrumentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL FRACTURE DISLOCATION; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 33846215881     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000251917.83529.0b     Document Type: Article

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