Optimal trajectory for the atlantooccipital transarticular screw

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1562-1570

  Lee, Kyoung Min ^a   Yeom, Jin S ^a   Lee, Joon Oh ^b   Buchowski, Jacob M ^c   Park, Kun Woo ^a   Chang, Bong Soon ^b   Lee, Choon Ki ^b   Riew, K Daniel ^c  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atlantooccipital joint; entry point; screw length; trajectory; transarticular screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL TRANSARTICULAR SCREW; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955013731     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c15a84     Document Type: Article

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