Clinical and radiologic outcome of laminar screw at C2 and C7 for posterior instrumentation-review of 25 cases and comparison of C2 and C7 intralaminar screw fixation

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-118

  Hong, Jae Taek ^a   Yi, Jin Seok ^a   Kim, Jong Tae ^a   Ji, Chul ^a   Ryu, Kyung Sik ^a   Park, Chun Kun ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Intralaminar screw; Posterior screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951296468     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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