Use of axial and subaxial translaminar screw fixation in the management of upper cervical spinal instability in a series of 7 children

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 734-739

  Chamoun, Roukoz B ^a   Relyea, Katherine M ^a   Johnson, Keyne K ^a   Whitehead, William E ^a   Curry, Daniel J ^a   Luerssen, Thomas G ^a   Drake, James M ^b   Jea, Andrew ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Pediatric spine; Translaminar screws; Upper thoracic fusion

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649872401     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000338950.46195.9C     Document Type: Article

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