Complex pediatric cervical spine surgery using smaller nonspinal screws and plates and intraoperative computed tomography: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 594-601

  Karandikar, Mahesh ^a   Mirza, Sohail K ^b   Song, Kit ^a   Yang, Tong ^a   Krengel III, Walter F ^a   Spratt, Kevin F ^b   Avellino, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Computed tomography; Craniocervical fusion; Plate; Screw

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MALE; MANDIBLE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861807252     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.2.PEDS11329     Document Type: Article

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