Reversal of longstanding musculoskeletal changes in basilar invagination after surgical decompression and stabilization: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-227

  Goel, Atul ^a   Shah, Abhidha ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Basilar invagination; Cervical fusion; Short neck; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BASILAR IMPRESSION; CERVICAL SPINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATYBASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249122425     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.12.SPINE08499     Document Type: Article

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