Management of severe cervical kyphosis in a patient with Larsen syndrome: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 320-324

  Madera, Marci ^a   Crawford, Alvin ^b   Mangano, Francesco T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ML 0515 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Cervical instability; Larsen syndrome; Pediatric cervical spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LARSEN SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BRACES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KYPHOSIS; MALE; SPINE; SYNDROME;

EID: 42149156670     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/4/320     Document Type: Article

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