Cervical stability with lateral mass plating: Unicortical versus bicortical screw purchase

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 778-781

  Muffoletto, Anthony J ^a   Yang, Jinping ^a   Vadhva, Mukta ^a   Hadjipavlou, Alexander G ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical; Internal fixation; Lateral mass

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; NECK; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; TORSION;

EID: 0037446958     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200304150-00009     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Roy-Camille R, Saillant G, Mazel C. Internal fixation of the unstable cervical spine by a posterior osteosynthesis with plates and screws. In: Sherk H, Dunn H, Eismont F, et al, eds. The Cervical Spine. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1989:390-404.
2. Anderson P, Henley M, Grady M, et al. Posterior cervical arthrodesis with AO reconstruction plates and bone graft. Spine 1991; 16(Suppl):72-9.
3. Graham A, Swank M, Kinard R, et al. Posterior cervical arthrodesis and stabilization with a lateral mass plate. Spine 1996;21:323-9.
4. Jeanneret B, Magerl F, Ward E, et al. Posterior stabilization of the cervical spine with hook plates. Spine 1991;16(Suppl):56-63.
5. Muffoletto A, Hadjipavlou A, Jensen R, et al. Techniques and pitfalls of cervical lateral mass plating. Am J Orthop 2000;29:897-905.
6. Swank M, Chester E, Bossons C, et al. Rigid internal fixation with lateral mass plates in multilevel anterior and posterior reconstruction of the cervical spine. Spine 1997;22:274-82.
7. Wellman B, Follett K, Traynelis V. Complications of posterior articular mass plate fixation of the subaxial cervical spine in 43 consecutive patients. Spine 1998;23:193-200.
8. Heller J, Estes B, Zaouali M, et al. Biomechanical study of screws in the lateral masses: Variables affecting pullout resistance. J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 1996;78:1315-21.
9. Seybold E, Baker J, Criscitiello A, et al. Characteristics of unicortical and bicortical lateral mass screws in the cervical spine. Spine 1999;24:2397-403.
10. Gill K, Paschal S, Corin J, et al. Posterior plating of the cervical spine: A biomechanical comparison of different posterior fusion techniques. Spine 1988;13:813-6.
11. An H, Gordin R, Renner K. Anatomic considerations for plate-screw fixation of the cervical spine. Spine 1991;16(Suppl):548S-51S.
12. Heller J, Carlson G, Abitbol J, et al. Anatomical comparison of the Roy-Camille and Magerl techniques for screw placement. Spine 1991;16(Suppl): 552-7.
13. Xu R, Ebraheim N, Klausner T, et al. Modified Magerl technique of lateral mass screw placement in the lower cervical spine: An anatomic study. J Spinal Disord 1998;11:237-40.
14. Cooper P, Cohen A, Rosiello A, et al. Posterior stabilization of cervical spine fractures and subluxations using plates and screws. Neurosurgery 1988;23:300-6.
15. Nazarian S, Louis R. Posterior internal fixation with screw plates in traumatic lesions of the cervical spine. Spine 1991;16(Suppl):64-71.
16. Harris B, Hillibrand A, Nien Y, et al. A comparison of three screw types for unicortical fixation in the lateral mass of the cervical spine. Spine 2001;26: 2427-31.
17. Errico T, Uhl R, Cooper P, et al. Pullout strength comparison of two methods of orienting screw insertion in the lateral masses of the bovine cervical spine. J Spinal Disord 1992;5:459-63.
18. Montesano P, Juach E, Anderson P, et al. Biomechanics of cervical spine internal fixation. Spine 1991;16(3 Suppl):10S-15S.