Distraction, compression, and extension reduction of basilar invagination and atlantoaxial dislocation: A novel pilot technique

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1040-1053

  Chandra, P Sarat ^a   Kumar, Amandeep ^a   Chauhan, Avnish ^a   Ansari, Abuzar ^a   Mishra, Nalin K ^a   Sharma, Bhawani S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Basilar invagination; Compression; Distraction; Joint; Reduction; Spacer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BLEEDING; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PILOT PROJECTS; PLATYBASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878862115     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31828bf342     Document Type: Article

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