Cervical lateral mass screw fixation without fluoroscopic control: Analysis of risk factors for complications associated ith screw insertion

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 947-953

  Inoue, Shinichi ^a   Moriyama, Tokuhide ^a   Tachibana, Toshiya ^a   Okada, Fumiaki ^a   Maruo, Keishi ^a   Horinouchi, Yutaka ^a   Yoshiya, Shinichi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Complications; Lateral mass; Posterior fixation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL LATERAL MASS SCREW FIXATION; CERVICAL ROOT PALSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACET VIOLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL MASS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY FORAMEN VIOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864934019     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-012-1507-6     Document Type: Review

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