Radiographic evaluation of the technique for C1 lateral mass and C2 pedicle screw fixation in three hundred nineteen cases

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-8

  Wang, Shenglin ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Wood, Kirkham B ^b   Yan, Ming ^a   Zhou, Haitao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; C1 lateral mass screw; C2 pedicle screw; computed tomography; vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LATERAL MASS SCREW; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751574303     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c97dc7     Document Type: Article

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