Posterior C1-C2 transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial arthrodesis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-281

  Dickman, Curtis A ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; C1 C2 fusion; C1 C2 transarticular screws; C1 C2 wiring; Spinal fusion; Spinal instability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BONE WIRES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031927701     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199808000-00056     Document Type: Article

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