Clinical RESULTS of surgical management in type II odontoid fracture: A preliminary report

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-587

  Mashhadinezhad, Hossein ^a   Saminf, Fariborz ^a   Mashhadinezhad, Ali ^a   Birjandinejad, Ali ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Posterior approach; Surgical management; Type II odontoid fracture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870214696     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5231-11.2     Document Type: Article

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