Screw fixation of the upper cervical spine in the pediatric population: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 529-533

  Haque, Atif ^a   Price, Angela V ^b   Sklar, Frederick H ^b   Swift, Dale M ^b   Weprin, Bradley E ^b   Sacco, Davi D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Neurosurgeons for Children PA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fusion; C 1 lateral mass screw; C 2 laminar screw; C 2 nerve root sacrifice; C 2 pars screw; Occipitocervical fusion

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; INFUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; ODONTOID PROCESS; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SUBLUXATION; WIRE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL ATLAS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649090626     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.PEDS08149     Document Type: Article

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