Open reduction of C1-C2 subluxation with the use of C1 lateral mass and C2 translaminar screws

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  O'Brien, Joseph R ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^b   Riley III, Lee H ^c   Suk, Ian ^b   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^b,d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial subluxation; C1 lateral mass; Reduction; Translaminar screw

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANATOMY; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE GRAFT; C1 LATERAL MASS SCREW; C2 TRANSLAMINAR SCREW; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FALLING; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SUBLUXATION; VERTEBRA BODY; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 56849123548     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000320138.81818.D0     Document Type: Article

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