Accuracy of Atlantoaxial transarticular screw insertion

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1760-1764

  Fuji, Takeshi ^a,c   Oda, Takenori ^a   Kato, Yasuji ^a   Fujita, Satoru ^a   Tanaka, Masamichi ^b  

^a OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b HIMEJI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Atlantoaxial joint; Safety; Screw insertion; Transarticular screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INFANT; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034662237     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200007150-00004     Document Type: Article

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