Translaminar versus pedicle screw fixation of C2: Comparison of surgical morbidity and accuracy of 313 consecutive screws

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  Parker, Scott L ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a,b   Garcés Ambrossi, Giannina L ^a   Mehta, Vivek A ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Wolinksy, Jean Paul ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Pedicle screw; Screw fixation; Translaminar screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDICLE SCREW; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLAMINAR SCREW; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LIQUORRHEA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK PAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; STROKE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSLAMINAR SCREW FIXATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREW; EQUIPMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 67651151476     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000338955.36649.4F     Document Type: Article

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