Os odontoideum: Presentation, diagnosis, and treatment in a series of 78 patients - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 332-342

  Klimo Jr , Paul ^a,b   Kan, Peter ^a   Rao, Ganesh ^a,c   Apfelbaum, Ronald ^a   Brockmeyer, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 88th Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fusion; Atlantoaxial instability; Os odontoideum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INFANT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85047681526     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI.2008.9.10.332     Document Type: Article

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