Endoscopic endonasal odontoidectomy in a patient affected by down syndrome: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Magrini, Salima ^a   Pasquini, Ernesto ^b   Mazzatenta, Diego ^a   Mascari, Carmelo ^a   Galassi, Ercole ^a   Frank, Giorgio ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Endoscopic endonasal surgery; Odontoid invagination; Odontoidectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL ODONTOIDECTOMY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MACROGLOSSIA; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIR; METHODOLOGY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; NOSE CAVITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ODONTOID PROCESS;

EID: 64849084453     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000315285.84524.74     Document Type: Article

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