Accuracy of intraoperative plain radiographs to detect violations of intralaminar screws placed into the C2 vertebrae: A reliability study

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 3036-3040

  Lehman Jr , Ronald A ^a   Sasso, Rick C ^b   Helgeson, Melvin D ^a   Dmitriev, Anton E ^a   Gill, Norman W ^a   Rosner, Michael R ^a   Riew, K Daniel ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Atlantoaxial instability; Axis; Intralaminar screw; Intraoperative radiographs; Translaminar screw

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 37349080177     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815cdab9     Document Type: Article

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