Percutaneous anterior odontoid screw fixation

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-108

  Sucu, H K ^a,b   Akkol, I ^a   Minoglu M ^a   Gelal, F ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Odontoid fracture; Outcome; Percutaneous; Screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42549109602     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1022543     Document Type: Article

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