Frameless stereotactic image-guided C1-C2 transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial instability: Review of 20 patients

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 385-391

  Acosta Jr , Frank L ^a,f   Quinones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^a   Gadkary, Chirag A ^b   Schmidt, Meic H ^c   Chin, Cynthia T ^d   Ames, Christopher P ^a   Rosenberg, William S ^e   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Midwest Neurosurgery Associates   (United States)

^f UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Cervical spine; Frameless stereotaxy; Surgical navigation; Trajectory planning; Transarticular screws

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644824621     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000169443.44202.67     Document Type: Review

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