Vertical atlantoaxial index: A new craniovertebral radiographic index

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-10

  Kulkarni, Arvind G ^a,b   Goel, Atul H ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Dr GK Kulkarni Nursing Home   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Atlas; Axis; Basilar invagination; Caniovertebral index; Cervical spine; Spinal; Spine; Surgery; Vertical atlantoaxial index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLAS; AXIS; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE DISEASE; VERTICAL ATLANTOAXIAL INDEX; X RAY FILM; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; ODONTOID PROCESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45149133549     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31804856d7     Document Type: Article

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