The long time follow-up of craniovertebral junction fixation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 42-46

  Kotil, Kadir ^a  

^a ISTANBUL AREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical pedicle; cervical posterior fixation; craniovertebral junction; follow up; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CERVICAL TRANSPEDICULAR FIXATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

EID: 84883684366     PISSN: 09748237     EISSN: 09769285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8237.116532     Document Type: Article

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