Occipitocervical fusion – An epidemiological drift experienced in an Irish tertiary spinal referral center: Twenty-year follow-up study
Background: Occipitocervical disease is common in the elderly population, and is on the rise due to an increasingly aging population. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all patients who underwent occipitocervical fusion in our institution over a 20 year period (1996-2016) at a tertiary spinal ref...
Main Authors: | Nadim Tarazi, Sudarshan Munigangaiah, Aiden T Devitt, John P Mccabe |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine |
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Online Access: | http://www.jcvjs.com/article.asp?issn=0974-8237;year=2017;volume=8;issue=4;spage=328;epage=331;aulast=Tarazi |
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