Surgical versus conservative management for odontoid fractures

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Shears, Emma ^a   Armitstead, Christopher P ^a  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; NECK INJURY; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 55049122112     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005078.pub2     Document Type: Review

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