Treatment of dens fractures with posterior atlantoaxial dislocation with transoral atlantoaxial reduction plate surgery: Case report and introduction of a novel treatment Option

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Kai ^a   Xu, Junjie ^a   Wang, Qing ^b   Wang, Gaoju ^b   Wu, Zenghui ^a   Xia, Hong ^a   Yin, Qing Shui ^a  

^a Liuhuaqiao Hospital   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arthrodesis; atlantoaxial; dens fractures; dislocation; internal fi xation; posterior; transoral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; LIVER RUPTURE; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLATE FIXATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; TRACTION THERAPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSORAL ATLANTOAXIAL REDUCTION PLATE SURGERY;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859426331     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31823735f5     Document Type: Review

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