Avoiding pitfalls in anterior screw fixation for type II odontoid fractures

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Mazur, Marcus D ^a   Mumert, Michael L ^a   Bisson, Erica F ^a   Schmidt, Meic H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior odontoid screw fixation; Complication; Odontoid fracture

Indexed keywords

BONE SCREW; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINE FRACTURE;

BONE SCREWS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 82155173293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.7.FOCUS11135     Document Type: Article

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