Immediate postoperative regression of retroodontoid pannus after lateral mass reconstruction in a patient with rheumatoid disease of the craniovertebral junction: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-276

  Goel, Atul ^a   Dange, Nitin ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Basilar invagination; Craniovertebral junction; Retroodontoid pannus; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POLYARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUADRIPLEGIA; REMISSION; RETROODONTOID PANNUS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; ODONTOID PROCESS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 55249089687     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/9/273     Document Type: Article

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