Surgical aspects of the cervical spine in rheumatoid arthritis;Chirurgische aspekte der rheumatischen halswirbelsäule

Orthopade

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1201-1214

  Grob, D ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Decompression; Myelopathy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spondylodesis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLODESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 6344221775     PISSN: 00854530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00132-004-0724-2     Document Type: Review

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