Cervical spine injuries associated with lateral mass and facet joint fractures: New classification and surgical treatment with pedicle screw fixation

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-77

  Kotani, Yoshihisa ^a   Abumi, Kuniyoshi ^a   Ito, Manabu ^a   Minami, Akio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical lateral mass fracture; Cervical pedicle screw; Discoligamentous injury; Facet joint fracture; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 15044363145     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0793-2     Document Type: Article

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