Placement of occipital condyle screws for occipitocervical fixation in a pediatric patient with occipitocervical instability after decompression for Chiari malformation: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Bekelis, Kimon ^a   Duhaime, Ann Christine ^a   Missios, Symeon ^a   Belden, Clifford ^a   Simmons, Nathan ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantooccipital instability; Chiari malformation type I; Occipital condyle screw

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT INSTABILITY; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; PLATYBASIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955286461     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.4.PEDS09551     Document Type: Article

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