Pediatric atlantoaxial fixation with bilateral, crossing C-2 translaminar screws: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 59-63

  Leonard, Jeffrey R ^a   Wright, Neill M ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 8057 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Os odontoideum; Pediatric neurosurgery; Translaminar screw

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644884982     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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