C2 nerve root sectioning in posterior atlantoaxial instrumented fusions: A structured review of literature

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 697-708

  Elliott, Robert E ^a   Kang, Matthew M ^b   Smith, Michael L ^c   Frempong Boadu, Anthony ^c  

^a Neurosurgical Care   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Atlanto axial; C1 2; C1 C2; C2 ganglion; Fusion; Neuralgia; Occipital neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; ARTHRODESIS; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BLEEDING; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DECORTICATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISSECTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ILIAC CREST; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; NERVE ROOT; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCREW MALPOSITION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRA ARTERY INJURY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 84870547116     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.10.035     Document Type: Review

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