Anterior fixation of odontoid fractures in an elderly population: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Dailey, Andrew T ^a   Hart, David ^b   Finn, Michael A ^a   Schmidt, Meic H ^a   Apfelbaum, Ronald I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fracture; Odontoid process; Odontoid screw

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 74549146291     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.SPINE08589     Document Type: Article

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