Targeting a safe entry point for C2 pedicle screw fixation in patients with atlantoaxial instability

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 351-354

  Chun, Hyoung Joon ^a   Bak, Koang Hum ^a  

^a Hanyang University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial; C2 Pedicle; Entry; Instability; Point; Screw; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; GANGLION BLOCK; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; MALE; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 79960215248     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2011.49.6.351     Document Type: Article

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