Biomechanical comparison of C1-C2 posterior arthrodesis techniques

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^b   Currier, Bradford L ^a,c   Hokari, Yukitaka ^a   Neale, Patricia G ^a   Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   Berglund, Lawrence J ^a   Larson, Dirk R ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Atlas; Axis; Biomechanical analysis; Cervical spine; Instrumentation; Odontoidectomy; Spinal instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENS AXIS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGAMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORSION; WIRE FIXATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLAS; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; TORSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34249905209     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318060cc65     Document Type: Article

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