Surgical treatment of occipitocervical instability

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 961-968

  Finn, Michael A ^a   Bishop, Frank S ^a   Dailey, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion; Instability; Instrumentation; Occipitocervical

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STABILITY; ORTHOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 57649126253     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000312706.47944.35     Document Type: Review

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