Atlantoaxial joint distraction as a treatment for basilar invagination: A report of an experience with 11 cases

Neurology India

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-150

  Goel, Atul ^a   Shah, Abhidha ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Atlantoaxial joint; Atlas; Axis; Basilar invagination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT DISTRACTION; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLATYBASIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47949084273     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.41991     Document Type: Article

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