Posterior cervical lateral mass screw fixation: Analysis of 1026 consecutive screws in 143 patients

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-303

  Sekhon, Lali H S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Tower B ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical; Lateral mass; Screw; Surgery; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32644474179     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000166640.23448.09     Document Type: Review

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