Transoral plate and screw fixation of the craniovertebral region--a preliminary report

A Goel; A P Karapurkar

doi:10.3109/02688699409101191

Transoral plate and screw fixation of the craniovertebral region--a preliminary report

Br J Neurosurg. 1994;8(6):743-5. doi: 10.3109/02688699409101191.

Authors

A Goel¹, A P Karapurkar

Affiliation

¹ K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.

PMID: 7718174
DOI: 10.3109/02688699409101191

Abstract

A transoral plate and screw fixation of the clivus to the body of the cervical vertebra is described. The procedure was successfully performed in a patient with congenital basilar invagination after odontoidectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biomechanical Phenomena
Cervical Vertebrae / surgery*
Child
Humans
Internal Fixators*
Male
Odontoid Process
Platybasia / surgery
Surgery, Oral