Freehand C1 lateral mass screw fixation technique: our experience

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 676-681

  Simsek, Serkan ^a   Yigitkanli, Kazim ^a   Seckin, Hakan ^a   Akyol, Çetin ^a   Belen, Deniz ^a   Bavbek, Murad ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atlas; C1 lateral mass; C1 pedicle screw; Freehand fixation; Lateral mass screw; Occipitocervical fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLE SCREW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; X RAY; ADOLESCENT; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; FOLLOW UP; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649083493     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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