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Stent augmentation of an anterior odontoid screw for type 2 odontoid fracture-dislocation in the elderly population: Report of two cases and literature review

The fixation of type 2 odontoid fractures poses significant challenges in the elderly population due to coexistent osteoporosis and communition resulting in a high failure rate with conventional anterior screw fixation. Two elderly patients with unstable odontoid peg fractures and coexistent osteopo...

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Autores principales: Kapoor, Saurabh, Herschkovich, Oded, Lucantoni, Corrado, Boszczyk, Bronek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7008655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32089621
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_91_19