Atlantoaxial fixation using the polyaxial screw-rod system

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 479-484

  Stulik, Jan ^a   Vyskocil, Tomas ^a   Sebesta, Petr ^a   Kryl, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Atlantoaxial instability; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; JOINT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARESTHESIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 34247350051     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0241-6     Document Type: Article

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