Posterior occipitocervical reconstruction using cervical pedicle screws and plate-rod systems

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1425-1434

  Abumi, Kuniyoshi ^a   Takada, Takashige ^a   Shono, Yasuhiro ^a   Kaneda, Kiyoshi ^a   Fujiya, Masanori ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Orthopedic Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Craniocervical instability; Occipitocervical fusion; Pedicle screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033565624     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199907150-00007     Document Type: Article

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