Anterior screw fixation of type II odontoid fractures in the elderly

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1083-1087

  Collins, Iona ^a   Min, Woo Kie ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior odontoid screw fixation; Fusion rate; Odontoid fracture

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650632098     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181848cbc     Document Type: Article

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