Anterior Stabilization of Pathologic Dens Fractures
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Vertical fractures of the dens.
PURPOSE To establish the mechanism of injury that causes vertical fractures of the dens. METHODS Over a 3-year period, 30 patients with dens fractures were seen at our institution. From these records, we identified and retrospectively reviewed the radiographs (n = 3), CT scans (n = 3), and MR images (n = 1) of three patients with vertical fractures of the dens to assess the characteristics of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0001-6470
DOI: 10.3109/17453679008993547