Pooled data analysis on anterior versus posterior approach for rheumatoid arthritis at the craniovertebral junction

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Chieng, Lee Onn ^a   Madhavan, Karthik ^a   Vanni, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial subluxation; Basilar invagination; Cranial settling; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; COMPLICATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PUBMED; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 84929622542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.1.FOCUS14838     Document Type: Article

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