Radiographic and clinical evaluation of free-hand placement of C-2 pedicle screws: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-22

  Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Noggle, Joseph C ^a   Vellimana, Ananth K ^a   Alosh, Hassan ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a  

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

Author keywords

Axis; C 2; Pars; Pedicle; Screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLE SCREW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67749139959     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.SPINE08166     Document Type: Article

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