Treatment algorithm for dens fractures: Non-halo immobilization, anterior screw fixation, or posterior transarticular C1-C2 fixation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Konieczny, Markus R ^a   Gstrein, Arnold ^a   Müller, Ernst J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL COLLAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

EID: 84867494169     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01616     Document Type: Article

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