Posterior cervical screw placement without image guidance: A safe and reliable practice

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 383-388

  Roche, Simon ^a,b   Defreitas, Dorian J ^a   Lenehan, Brian ^a   Street, John T ^a   McCabe, John P ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy; Lateral mass; Posterior fixation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAFETY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746889723     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200608000-00001     Document Type: Article

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