Accuracy and complications associated with the freehand C-1 lateral mass screw fixation technique: A radiographic and clinical assessment: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 372-377

  Hu, Yong ^a   Kepler, Christopher K ^b   Albert, Todd J ^b   Yuan, Zhen Shan ^a   Ma, Wei Hu ^a   Gu, Yong Jie ^a   Xu, Rong Ming ^a  

^a NINGBO NO 6 HOSPITAL   (China)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlas; C 1 lateral mass screw; Cervical spine; Complication; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERAL MASS SCREW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FIXATION DEVICE; SPINE STABILIZATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL ATLAS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875889568     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.1.SPINE12724     Document Type: Article

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