Accuracy of C2 pedicle screw placement using the anatomic freehand technique

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-27

  Bydon, Mohamad ^a,b   Mathios, Dimitrios ^a,b   Macki, Mohamed ^a,b   De La Garza Ramos, Rafael ^a,b   Aygun, Nafi ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a,b   Bydon, Ali ^a,b   Wolinksy, Jean Paul ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C2; Cervical; Freehand; Pedicle; Screws

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FREEHAND TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RACE; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL; ANATOMIC FREEHAND TECHNIQUE; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; CHIARI BASILAR INVAGINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FLUOROSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEM; INVAGINATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 84905193411     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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