Reconstruction of the subaxial cervical spine using lateral mass and facet screw instrumentation

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Aydogan, Mehmet ^a   Enercan, Meric ^a   Hamzaoglu, Azmi ^a   Alanay, Ahmet ^a,b  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cervical spine; Lateral mass fi xation; transfacet screw fi xation

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DEVICE SAFETY; FORAMINOTOMY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84857914441     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31824442eb     Document Type: Review

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