Pseudarthrosis of a thirty-nine-year-old dens fracture causing myelopathy: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2509-2513

  Rudzki, Jonas R ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a   Blanke, Kathy ^a   Riew, K Daniel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8144225519     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200411000-00025     Document Type: Article

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