Results of Long-Term Follow-Up in Patients Undergoing Anterior Screw Fixation for Type II and Rostral Type III Odontoid Fractures

N. Fountas, Kostas; Z. Kapsalaki, Eftychia; Karampelas, Ioannis; H. Feltes, Carlos; G. Dimopoulos, Vassilios; G. Machinis, Theofilos; G. Nikolakakos, Leonidas; Boev, Angel; F. Choudhri, Haroon; F. Smisson, Hugh; Sam Robinson, Joe

doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000155415.89974.d3

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Results of Long-Term Follow-Up in Patients Undergoing Anterior Screw Fixation for Type II and Rostral Type III Odontoid Fractures

Published in Spine • Mar 1, 2005

Authors:

Kostas N. Fountas

Eftychia Z. Kapsalaki

Ioannis Karampelas

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of the fusion rate of a group of 38 patients having undergone anterior screw fixation for type II and "shallow" type III odontoid fractures. OBJECTIVE.: To determine primarily the long-term fusion rate after anterior screw fixation and to study the clinical chara...

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Medicine

Pseudarthrosis

Surgery

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