Nonoperative management of odontoid fractures using a halothoracic vest

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 522-529

  Platzer, Patrick ^a   Thalhammer, Gerhild ^a   Sarahrudi, Kambiz ^a   Kovar, Florian ^a   Vekszler, Gyoergy ^a   Vécsei, Vilmos ^a   Gaebler, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Halo vest treatment; Odontoid fractures; Outcome; Risk factors for failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34548822438     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000290898.15567.21     Document Type: Article

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