Revision surgery of irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation: A retrospective study of 16 cases

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2187-2194

  Tan, Mingsheng ^a   Jiang, Xin ^a   Yi, Ping ^a   Yang, Feng ^a   Tang, Xiangsheng ^a   Hao, Qingying ^a   Zhang, Guangbo ^a  

^a CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Posterior reduction; Revision surgery; Transoral approach

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIOCERVICAL REVISION SURGERY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862859340     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1865-8     Document Type: Article

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