Efficacy of anterior odontoid screw fixation in the elderly patient: A CT-based biometrical analysis of odontoid fractures

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1441-1449

  Mayer, Michael ^a   Zenner, Juliane ^b   Auffarth, Alexander ^a   Atzwanger, Jörg ^a   Romeder, Franz ^a   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^a   Lederer, Stefan ^a   Resch, Herbert ^a   Koller, Heiko ^b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Werner Wicker Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior odontoid screw fixation; CT scan; Elderly patient; Odontoid fracture; Osseous fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR ODONTOID SCREW FIXATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTO DENTAL OSTEOARTHRITIS; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855192057     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1846-y     Document Type: Article

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