Screw-related complications in the subaxial cervical spine with the use of lateral mass versus cervical pedicle screws :A systematic review

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 614-623

  Yoshihara, Hiroyuki ^a   Passias, Peter G ^a   Errico, Thomas J ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical pedicle screw; Complication; Hardware failure; Lateral mass screw; Neurovascular injury; Technique; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE; ARTERY INJURY; CERVICAL PEDICLE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACET VIOLATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LATERAL MASS FRACTURE; LATERAL MASS SCREW; LOSS OF REDUCTION; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PEDICLE SCREW; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SCREW LOOSENING; SCREW PULLOUT; SPINE SURGERY; SUBAXIAL CERVICAL SPINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURY;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 84887106546     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.8.SPINE13136     Document Type: Review

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