The feasibility of microscope-assisted "free-hand" C1 lateral mass screw insertion without fluoroscopy

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1042-1049

  Liu, Gabriel ^a   Buchowski, Jacob M ^a   Shen, Hongxing ^a   Yeom, Jin Sup ^a   Riew, K Daniel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C1 lateral mass; C1 lateral mass screw insertion; Complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPE; OCCIPITOCERVICAL JOINT VIOLATION; OPERATION DURATION; PALPATION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449098580     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816d72b5     Document Type: Article

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