Is all anterior oblique fracture orientation really a contraindication to anterior screw fixation of type II and rostral shallow type III odontoid fractures?

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 345-350

  Cho, Dae Chul ^a   Sung, Joo Kyung ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fracture; Fracture orientation; Internal fixation; Odontoid process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR OBLIQUE ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 79960246713     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2011.49.6.345     Document Type: Article

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