Management of isolated fractures of the Atlas in Adults

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 127-131

  Ryken, Timothy C ^a   Aarabi, Bizhan ^b   Dhall, Sanjay S ^d   Gelb, Daniel E ^c   Hurlbert, R John ^e   Rozzelle, Curtis J ^f   Theodore, Nicholas ^h   Walters, Beverly C ^g,i   Hadley, Mark N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlas fractures; Jefferson fracture; Rule of spence; Transverse atlantal ligament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLAS ISOLATED FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DATA BASE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINE FRACTURE;

ADULT; CERVICAL ATLAS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84874354820     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276ee2a     Document Type: Article

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