Biomechanical assessment of bilateral C1 laminar hook and C1-2 transarticular screws and bone graft for atlantoaxial instability

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 578-585

  Guo, Xiang ^a   Ni, Bin ^a   Zhao, Weidong ^b   Wang, Mingfei ^a   Zhou, Fengjin ^a   Li, Songkai ^a   Ren, Zhongwu ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Biomechanics; Instability; Transarticular screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY; ATLAS; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LAMINAR HOOK; LIGAMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; TRANSARTICULAR SCREW;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; CERVICAL ATLAS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 74249097996     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31818da3fe     Document Type: Article

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