Stable reconstruction using halo vest for unstable upper cervical spine and occipitocervical instability

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-303

  Ogihara, Nobuhide ^a   Takahashi, Jun ^a   Hirabayashi, Hiroki ^a   Hashidate, Hiroyuki ^a   Mukaiyama, Keijiro ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Halo vest; Occipitocervical disorders; Occipitocervical reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; EVALUATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84861319069     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1973-5     Document Type: Article

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