Minimally invasive lateral mass screws in the treatment of cervical facet dislocations: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 444-448

  Wang, Michael Y ^a,c   Prusmack, Chad J ^b   Green, Barth A ^b   Gruen, J Peter ^a   Levi, Allan D O ^b   Benzel, Edward C ^d   Traynelis, Vincent C ^d   Bartolomei, Juan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Cervical spine; Lateral mass; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE SCREW; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACTION THERAPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037309769     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000043814.57539.59     Document Type: Article

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