Treatment of odontoid fractures with single anterior screw fixation

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 824-830

  Song, Kyung Jin ^a   Lee, Kwang Bok ^b   Kim, Ki Nam ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior screw fixation; Complications; Fusion rate; Odontoid fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COURSE EVALUATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547105596     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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