Atlantoaxial transarticular screw fixation with morselized autograft and without additional internal fixation: Technical description and report of 57 cases

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-646

  Wang, Chao ^a   Yan, Ming ^a   Zhou, Haitao ^a   Wang, Shenglin ^a   Dang, Gengting ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Fusion; Instability; Transarticular screws

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE GRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147173344     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000257539.75693.cc     Document Type: Article

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