Transoral robotic surgery of craniocervical junction and atlantoaxial spine: A cadaveric study - Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Lee, John Y K ^a   O'Malley Jr , Bert W ^a   Newman, Jason G ^a   Weinstein, Gregory S ^a   Lega, Bradley ^a   Diaz, Jason ^a   Grady, M Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniocervical junction; Pannus; Robotic surgery; Transoral surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISSECTION; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ODONTOID PROCESS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 74549176714     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.SPINE08928     Document Type: Article

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