C1 lateral mass screw placement with intentional sacrifice of the C2 ganglion: Functional outcomes and morbidity in elderly patients

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1318-1324

  Squires, Jason ^a   Molinari, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial; Instability; Posterior cervical fusion; Sacrifice C2 nerve root

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LATERAL MASS SCREW; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE ROOT; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956927445     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1452-4     Document Type: Article

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