C1-C2 posterior fixation: Are 4 screws better than 2?

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Vergara, Pierluigi ^a   Bal, Jarnail Singh ^a   Hickman Casey, Adrian Thomas ^a   Crockard, Hugh Alan ^a   Choi, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlanto axial instability; C1 C2 posterior fixation; Harms technique; Magerl technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOAXIAL POSTERIOR FIXATION; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARMS TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGERL TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREW FRACTURE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STENT; TRANSARTICULAR SCREW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURY; ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY; BONE ROD; C1 C2 POSTERIOR FIXATION; HARMS FIXATION; MAGERL FIXATION; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; SPINE SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865584934     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318243180a     Document Type: Article

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