Anterior screw fixation of odontoid fractures comparing younger and elderly patients

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1714-1720

  Platzer, Patrick ^a   Thalhammer, Gerhild ^a   Ostermann, Roman ^a   Wieland, Thomas ^a   Vécsei, Vilmos ^a   Gaebler, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterior screw fixation; Odontoid fractures; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447537964     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3180dc9758     Document Type: Review

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