High cervical myelopathy due to bony craniovertebral junction anomalies (atlantoaxial dislocation) in pediatric population- clinical scoring system
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Pediatric Craniovertebral Junction Surgery
The craniovertebral junction (CVJ) has attracted more attention in pediatric medicine in recent years due to the progress in surgical technologies allowing a direct approach to the CVJ in children. The CVJ is the site of numerous pathologies, most originating in bone anomalies resulting from abnormal CVJ development. Before discussing the surgical approaches to CVJ, three points should be borne...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0379-038X,2454-5635
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1712613