Management of isolated fractures of the Axis in Adults

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 132-150

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Axis fractures; Hangman fractures; Odontoid fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL COLLAR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADULT; AXIS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84874363530     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276ee40     Document Type: Article

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