Translaminar screw fixation in the subaxial pediatric cervical spine: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 386-390

  Jea, Andrew ^a   Johnson, Keyne K ^a   Whitehead, William E ^a   Luerssen, Thomas G ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

C 3 translaminar screw; Pediatric spine; Spinal instrumentation; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; LORDOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; DISLOCATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 58149373708     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED.2008.2.12.386     Document Type: Article

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