Surgical treatment of upper, middle and lower cervical injuries and non-unions by anterior procedures

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Aebi, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior surgery; Cervical spine; Fracture dislocation; Lower cervical spine; Upper cervical spine

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; STANDARD; TRACTION THERAPY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; TRACTION;

EID: 77953630128     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1120-8     Document Type: Review

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