Complications of cervical pedicle screw fixation for nontraumatic lesions: A multicenter study of 84 patients - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 238-247

  Nakashima, Hiroaki ^a   Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^b   Imagama, Shiro ^a   Tokumi, Kanemura ^c   Kamiya, Mitsuhiro ^d   Yanase, Makoto ^e   Ito, Keigo ^b   Machino, Masaaki ^b   Yoshida, Go ^c   Ishikawa, Yoshimoto ^c   Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^f   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a   Kato, Fumihiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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

^d AICHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Nagoya Kyouritsu Sougou Hospital   (Japan)

^f HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

C 5 nerve root palsy; Cervical pedicle screw; Complication; Misplacement; Nontraumatic lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PEDICLE SCREW; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINE INSTABILITY; TRAUMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857814169     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.11.SPINE11102     Document Type: Article

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