Clinical outcome of posterior fixation of the C1 lateral mass and C2 pedicle by polyaxial screw and rod

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 539-544

  Jeon, Sei Woong ^a   Jeong, Je Hoon ^a   Choi, Gi Hoon ^a   Moon, Seung Myung ^a   Hwang, Hyung Sik ^a   Choi, Sun Kil ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial joint; Clinical result; Instrumentation; Joint instability; Operation research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DEFORMITY; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INVAGINATION; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POLYAXIAL SCREW-ROD SYSTEM; POSTERIOR ATLANTOAXIAL FUSION; PURE TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT INJURY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862022492     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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