C2-fractures: Part I. Quantitative morphology of the C2 vertebra is a prerequisite for the radiographic assessment of posttraumatic C2-alignment and the investigation of clinical outcomes

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 978-991

  Koller, Heiko ^a   Acosta, Frank ^b   Tauber, Mark ^a   Komarek, Elisabeth ^a   Fox, Michael ^c   Moursy, Mido ^a   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^a   Resch, Herbert ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; C2 fracture; Morphology; Posttreatment alignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; ODONTOID PROCESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 70349594277     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-0900-5     Document Type: Article

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