A biomechanical comparison of three surgical approaches in bilateral subaxial cervical facet dislocation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 108-115

  Kim, Sung Min ^b   Lim, T Jesse ^b   Paterno, Josemaria ^b   Park, Jon ^b   Kim, Daniel H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Anterior cervical plate fixation; Bilateral cervical facet dislocation; Biomechanical testing; Posterior transpedicular fixation; Posterior wiring procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISKECTOMY AND FUSION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISLOCATION; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 4143107838     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2004.1.1.0108     Document Type: Article

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