Pathognomonic radiological signs for predicting prognosis in patients with chronic atlantoaxial rotatory fixation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 385-391

  Ishii, Ken ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Maruiwa, Hirofumi ^a   Nakamura, Masaya ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Prognosis; Recurrence; Subluxation; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL ROTATORY FIXATION; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SUBLUXATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORTICOLLIS; TRACTION THERAPY; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CHRONIC DISEASE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORTICOLLIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34548234855     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.5.385     Document Type: Article

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