Comparison of the anatomical risk for vertebral artery injury associated with the C2-pedicle screw and atlantoaxial transarticular screw

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Yoshida, Makoto ^a   Neo, Masashi ^a   Fujibayashi, Shunsuke ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Pedicle screw; Transarticular screw; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 33745712021     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000224516.29747.52     Document Type: Article

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