Surgical treatment of traumatic cervical facet dislocation: anterior, posterior or combined approaches?

ABSTRACT Surgical treatment is well accepted for patients with traumatic cervical facet joint dislocations (CFD), but there is uncertainty over which approach is better: anterior, posterior or combined. We performed a systematic literature review to evaluate the indications for anterior and posterio...

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Main Authors: Catarina C. Lins, Diego T. Prado, Andrei F. Joaquim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016000900745&lng=en&tlng=en