Cervical pedicle screw insertion using a gutter entry point at the transitional area between the lateral mass and lamina

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 353-358

  Tofuku, Katsuhiro ^a   Koga, Hiroaki ^a   Komiya, Setsuro ^b  

^a Imakiire General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cervical spine; Entry point; Pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PEDICLE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; LAMINECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861317169     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1969-1     Document Type: Article

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