Symptomatic cervical disc herniation in a pediatric Klippel-Feil patient: The risk of neural injury associated with extensive congenitally fused vertebrae and a hypermobile segment

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Samartzis, Dino ^a,b   Lubicky, John P ^c   Herman, Jean ^d   Kalluri, Prakasam ^c   Shen, Francis H ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Disc herniation; Fusion; Hypermobility; Klippel Feil; Myelomalacia; Myelopathy; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NERVES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33646794030     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000217628.32344.73     Document Type: Article

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