C1 lateral mass-C2 pedicle screws and crosslink compression fixation for unstable atlas fracture

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2505-2509

  Tan, Jun ^a   Li, Lijun ^a   Sun, Guixin ^a   Qian, Lie ^a   Yang, Mingjie ^a   Zeng, Cheng ^a   Teng, Honglin ^b   Jia, Lianshun ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crosslink; Fracture; Lateral mass screws; Pedicle screws

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLAS; AXIS; BLEEDING; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRACE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449484776     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b4009a     Document Type: Article

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