Analysis of risk factors associated with fusion failure after anterior odontoid screw fixation

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-34

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

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

anterior screw fi xation; fracture; odontoid process; outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655176639     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31820e6418     Document Type: Article

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