Comparison of structural occipital and iliac bone grafts for instrumented atlantoaxial fusions in pediatric patients: Radiologic research and clinical outcomes

BackgroundStructural autografts harvested from the iliac bone have been used in atlantoaxial fusion; they have been the gold standard for years. However, emerging occipital bone grafts have the advantage of avoiding donor-site morbidity and complications. Thus, we compared the clinical outcomes of s...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Hui Liang, Yue-Hui Zhang, Hai-Tao Liu, Qiu-Qi Zhang, Jia Song, Jiang Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1059544/full