Risk of vertebral artery injury: Comparison between C1-C2 transarticular and C2 pedicle screws

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 775-785

  Yeom, Jin S ^a   Buchowski, Jacob M ^b   Kim, Ho Joong ^a   Chang, Bong Soon ^c   Lee, Choon Ki ^c   Riew, K Daniel ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C1 C2 transarticular screw; C2 pedicle screw; High riding vertebral artery; Narrow C2 pedicle; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSARTICULAR SCREW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURY;

C1-C2 TRANSARTICULAR SCREW; C2 PEDICLE SCREW; HIGH-RIDING VERTEBRAL ARTERY; NARROW C2 PEDICLE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURY;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT INSTABILITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RISK; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84879938310     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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