A retrospective study of congenital osseous anomalies at the craniocervical junction treated by occipitocervical plate-rod systems

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1580-1589

  Ding, Xianjun ^a   Abumi, Kuniyoshi ^a   Ito, Manabu ^a   Sudo, Hideki ^a   Takahata, Masahiko ^a   Nagahama, Ken ^a   Iwata, Akira ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Cervical pedicle screw fixation; Congenital osseous anomaly; Craniocervical junction; Occipitocervical fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRANIOCERVICAL JUNCTION ANOMALY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LIQUORRHEA; LORDOSIS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PLATE ROD SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865018264     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2324-x     Document Type: Review

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