Subaxial sagittal alignment and adjacent-segment degeneration after atlantoaxial fixation performed using C-1 lateral mass and C-2 pedicle screws or transarticular screws: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-450

  Yoshida, Go ^a   Kamiya, Mituhiro ^b   Yoshihara, Hisatake ^d   Kanemura, Tokumi ^a   Kato, Fumihiko ^c   Yukawa, Yasutugu ^c   Ito, Keigo ^c   Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^d   Sakai, Yoshihito ^d  

^a Aichi Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agriculture Co operative Associations Konan Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Atlantoaxial fixation; C 1 lateral mass screw; C 2 pedicle screw; Subaxial sagittal alignment; Transarticular screw

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; ARTHROMETRY; BONE DISEASES; BONE SCREW; BONE WIRE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KYPHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE DISEASES; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957968009     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.4.SPINE09662     Document Type: Article

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