Vertical mobile and reducible atlantoaxial dislocation: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-14

  Goel, Atul ^a   Shah, Abhidha ^a   Rajan, Sanjay ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Basilar invagination; Craniovertebral anomaly

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TORTICOLLIS; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67749099772     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.SPINE08927     Document Type: Article

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