Outcomes of C1 and C2 posterior screw fixation for upper cervical spine fusion

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  De Iure, F ^a   Donthineni, R ^b   Boriani, S ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ALTA BATES SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Pedicle; Posterior fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HARM METHOD; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ODONTOID PROCESS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649224288     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-0981-1     Document Type: Article

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