Treatment of remote type II axis fractures in the elderly: Feasibility of anterior odontoid screw fixation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1145-1150

  Agrillo, Antonino ^a   Russo, Natale ^a   Marotta, Nicola ^a   Delfini, Roberto ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior screw fixation; Axis fracture; Elderly population; Odontoid fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149476909     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000335780.87219.E9     Document Type: Article

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