Transarticular C1-C2 screw fixation. Results of unstable odontoid fractures and pseudarthrosis in the elderly;Die transartikuläre C1-C2-verschraubung. Ergebnisse bei instabilen frakturen und pseudarthrosen des dens axis im alter

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-172

  Kaminski, A ^a   Gstrein, A ^a   Muhr, G ^b   Muller E J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability in the elderly; Cervical spine; Operative treatment; Transarticular screw fixation

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41549150304     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-007-1383-7     Document Type: Article

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