Translaminar screw fixation in the subaxial cervical spine: Quantitative laminar analysis and feasibility of unilateral and bilateral translaminar virtual screw placement

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Alvin, Matthew D ^a,b   Abdullah, Kalil G ^a,c,d   Steinmetz, Michael P ^b,e   Lubelski, Daniel ^a,c,d   Nowacki, Amy S ^c,d   Benzel, Edward C ^a,c,d   Mroz, Thomas E ^a,c,d  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical fusion; cervical spine; laminar screw; translaminar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE LAMINAR ANALYSIS; SPINE FUSION; SUBAXIAL CERVICAL SPINE; THERAPY EFFECT; THORACIC SPINE; TRANSLAMINAR SCREW FIXATION; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861530216     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31824c70ef     Document Type: Article

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