Posterior C1-C2 transarticular screws

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 296-305

  Puschak, Thomas J ^a,c   Anderson, Paul A ^b  

^a INDIANA SPINE GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Posterior wiring; Transarticular screws

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043212128     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013611-200209000-00005     Document Type: Article

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