Posterior cervical spine arthrodesis with laminar screws: A report of two cases

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-119

  Nakanishi, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Masato ^a   Sugimoto, Yoshihisa ^a   Ozaki, Toshifumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laminar screw; Lateral mass screw; Neurovascular complications; Pedicle screw; Transarticular screw

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248549490     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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