Type-III dens fracture with distraction: An unstable injury - A report of three cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2514-2518

  Kirkpatrick, John S ^a,b   Sheils, Todd ^a,c   Theiss, Steven M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8144221243     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200411000-00026     Document Type: Article

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