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Chronic hypertrophic nonunion of the Type II odontoid fracture causing cervical myelopathy: Case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Complications of nonunited Type II odontoid fractures can range from neck pain to progressive neurological deficit from cervical myelopathy. Rarely, the hypertrophic nonunion requires both anterior transoral decompression and posterior decompression with instrumented fusion. We present a...

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Autores principales: Shamji, Mohammed F., Alotaibi, Naif, Ghare, Aisha, Fehlings, Michael G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4743261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904365
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.174883

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