Operative treatment of hangman's fractures of C2. Posterior direct pars screw repair or anterior plate-cage stablization?

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-36

  Hakało, Jerzy ^a   Wroński, Jerzy ^b  

^a Orthopaedic Private Practice ^*  (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Hangman's fracture of C2; Plate cage stabilization; Screw repair; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ANTERIOR TRANSORAL PLATE CAGE STABILIZATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL FRACTURE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTERIOR DIRECT PARS SCREW REPAIR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE EDEMA;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 41849087688     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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