Odontoid fractures anterior screw fixation: A continuous series of 36 cases

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 748-752

  Eap, C ^a   Barresi, L ^a   Ohl, X ^a   Saddiki, R ^a   Mensa, C ^a   Madi, K ^a   Dehoux, E ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior screw fixation; Cervical spine fracture; Dens fractues; Odontoid fractures; Spine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PEDICLE SCREW; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958480057     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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