Modified C1 lateral mass screw insertion using a high entry point to avoid postoperative occipital neuralgia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-167

  Lee, Sun Ho ^a   Kim, Eun Sang ^a   Eoh, Whan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial; Fixation; Lateral mass; Occipital neuralgia; Screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; C1 LATERAL MASS FIXATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MODIFIED C1 LATERAL MASS SCREW INSERTION; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871436487     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.01.045     Document Type: Article

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