Minimally invasive lateral mass screw fixation in the cervical spine: Initial clinical experience with long-term follow-up

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 907-911

  Wang, Michael Y ^a   Levi, Allan D O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Cervical spine; Lateral mass; Minimally invasive; Pseudarthrosis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646834746     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000209929.38213.72     Document Type: Article

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