Posterior cervical lateral mass screw fixation and fusion to treat pseudarthrosis of anterior cervical fusion

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 138-141

  Liu, Hong ^a   Ploumis, Avraam ^b   Schwender, James D ^c   Garvey, Timothy A ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cervical fusion; lateral mass screw rod posterior fixation; posterior fusion; pseudarthrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE ROD; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTERIOR LATERAL MASS SCREW ROD FIXATION AND FUSION; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860714146     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31821532a5     Document Type: Article

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