Symptomatic vertebral artery compression by the rod of a C1-C2 posterior fusion construct: Case report and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Terterov, Sergei ^a,b   Taghva, Alexander ^a   Khalessi, Alexander A ^a   Hsieh, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fusion; Harms construct; minimally invasive spine surgery; vertebral artery compression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE NAILS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ODONTOID PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 79955564003     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181faa6de     Document Type: Article

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