Anterior cervical pedicle screw and plate fixation using fluoroscope-assisted pedicle axis view imaging: A preliminary report of a new cervical reconstruction technique

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 911-916

  Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^a   Kato, Fumihiko ^a   Ito, Keigo ^a   Nakashima, Hiroaki ^a   MacHino, Masaaki ^a  

^a CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior pedicle screw; Cervical spine; Fluoroscope; Pedicle axis view

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLE PERFORATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREW MALPOSITION; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NECK INJURIES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 67649128475     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-0949-1     Document Type: Article

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