The history of the halo skeletal fixator

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1736-1739

  O'Donnell, Patrick W ^a   Anavian, Jack ^a   Switzer, Julie A ^a,b   Morgan, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; FACE FRACTURE; FACIAL BONE; FIXATION DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKULL; SPINE STABILIZATION;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; SKULL;

EID: 68949098151     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819e23fd     Document Type: Short Survey

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