Analysis of failure following anterior screw fixation of Type II odontoid fractures in geriatric patients

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1915-1920

  Osti, Michael ^a   Philipp, Helmut ^a   Meusburger, Berthold ^a   Benedetto, Karl Peter ^a  

^a Academic Hospital Feldkirch   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterior screw fixation; Failure analysis; Geriatric patient; Odontoid fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR SCREW FIXATION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855200970     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1890-7     Document Type: Article

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