C1-C2 transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial instability

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1042-1048

  Fountas, Kostas N ^a,b   Kapsalaki, E Z ^a   Karampelas, I ^a   Dimopoulos, V G ^a   Feltes, C H ^a   Kassam, M A ^a   Boev, A N ^a   Johnston, K W ^a   Smisson, H F ^a   Troup, E C ^a   Robinson Jr , J S ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial; Fusion; Instability; Screw; Transarticular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSARTICULAR SCREW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 8744311692     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000144610.35591.69     Document Type: Article

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