A comparison of the Gallie technique and casting versus the harms technique for the treatment of odontoid fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 670-673

  Lin, Qiushui ^a   Wang, Xinwei ^a   Zhou, Xuhui ^a   Chen, Huajiang ^a   Shen, Xiaolong ^a   Yuan, Wen ^a   Tsai, Nicholas ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

odontoid process; operative; spinal fractures; spinal fusions; surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLIE TECHNIQUE; HARMS TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OPERATION DURATION; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054953991     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318214b59e     Document Type: Article

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