Occipital condyle fractures: A hidden nosological entity. An experience with 10 cases

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 779-784

  Capuano, Christian ^a   Costagliola, C ^a   Shamsaldin, M ^a   Maleci, A ^a   Di Lorenzo, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fracture; Occipital condyle; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIGAMENT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; OCCIPITAL CONDYLE FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPLINTING; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 3543073401     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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