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Incomplete Dislocations of the Lower Cervical Spine with Unilateral Articular Fracture—the Value of Arthrodesis by Anterior Operative Approach

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This paper describes a lesion of the mobile spinal segment associated with a unilateral articular fracture which undoubtedly facilitates both displacement and reduction but nonetheless also brings about a certain degree of instability which has not been given enough emphasis in the literature.

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Vichard, P. (1987). Incomplete Dislocations of the Lower Cervical Spine with Unilateral Articular Fracture—the Value of Arthrodesis by Anterior Operative Approach. In: Kehr, P., Weidner, A. (eds) Cervical Spine I. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8882-8_37

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