Complications of transpedicular screw fixation in the cervical spine

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-334

  Kast, E ^a   Mohr, K ^b   Richter, H P ^b   Borm W ^b  

^a Neurosurgical Department   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Complication; Pedicle screw fixation; Posterior fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INJURY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; PARESIS; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOLOGY; REOPERATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; X RAY;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644658640     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0861-7     Document Type: Article

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