Lateral fluoroscopic guide to prevent occipitocervical and atlantoaxial joint violation during C1 lateral mass screw placement

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 574-579

  Yeom, Jin S ^a   Buchowski, Jacob M ^b   Park, Kun Woo ^a   Chang, Bong Soon ^c   Lee, Choon Ki ^c   Riew, K Daniel ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial joint violation; Atlantooccipital joint violation; C1 lateral mass screw; CT scan; Screw insertion; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JOINT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649784066     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.02.008     Document Type: Review

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