Preoperative radiographic factors and surgeon experience are associated with cortical breach of C2 pedicle screws

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Alosh, Hassan ^a   Parker, Scott L ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a   Bydon, Ali ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Breach; C2; Complication; Morphometric; Pedicle screw; Preoperative CT; Radiographic; Surgeon experience; Violation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AXIS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE STABILIZATION; STUDENT T TEST; SURGEON; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CAUSALITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FUSION; TEACHING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 76649106408     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318194e746     Document Type: Review

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