Lateral mass screw-rod fixation of the cervical spine: A prospective clinical series with 1-year follow-up

Spine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 489-495

  Deen, H Gordon ^a   Birch, Barry D ^b   Wharen, Robert E ^a   Reimer, Ronald ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine stabilization; Lateral mass fixation; Polyaxial screw rod implant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INVAGINATION; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SEROMA; SKULL BASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROGRAPHY; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242382073     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2003.08.021     Document Type: Article

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