Occipitocervical fusion with rigid internal fixation: Long-term follow-up data in 69 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-123

  Nockels, Russ P ^a   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^b,c   Kanter, Adam S ^c   Azeem, Syed ^a   York, Julie E ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Craniocervical junction; Occipitocervical instability; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rigid instrumentation; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL FUSION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547683567     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/08/117     Document Type: Article

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