Craniovertebral junction lesions: Our experience with the transoral surgical approach

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Mouchaty, Homère ^a   Perrini, Paolo ^a   Conti, Renato ^a   Di Lorenzo, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Craniocervical junction; Maxillotomy; Occipitocervical fusion; Transoral odontoidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; TRANSORAL SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; AXIS; CERVICAL ATLAS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649216608     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-0988-7     Document Type: Article

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