Craniocervical fixation with occipital condyle screws: Biomechanical analysis of a novel technique

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 931-938

  Uribe, Juan S ^a   Ramos, Edwin ^a   Youssef, A Samy ^a   Levine, Nick ^a   Turner, Alexander W L ^a   Johnson, Wesley M ^a   Vale, Fernando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Condyle screw; Craniocervical instability; Craniocervical junction; Craniovertebral junction; Occipital condyle; Occipitalcondyle cervical fusion; Occipitocervical fusion; Occipitocervical junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOCERVICAL SPINE FUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; OCCIPITAL CONDYLE; OCCIPITAL CONDYLE SCREW; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FUSION;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; OCCIPITAL BONE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 77951768553     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c16f9a     Document Type: Article

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