The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 10 , Pages e1-e4, October 2009

Subchondral cysts of the atlantoaxial joint: a risk factor for odontoid fractures in the elderly

  • Terrill P. Julien, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel.: (617) 732-5500.
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  • Brian Barlow, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Mitchel B. Harris, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Received 3 December 2008; accepted 20 April 2009. published online 17 June 2009.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: MBH (clinical staff or training, Synthes Spine, LCC; staff or materials, Depuy, Medtronics).

PII: S1529-9430(09)00202-2

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2009.04.025

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 10 , Pages e1-e4, October 2009

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