Vertebral artery injury in cervical spine surgery: anatomical considerations, management, and preventive measures

CW Peng, BT Chou, JA Bendo, JM Spivak - The Spine Journal, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Vertebral artery (VA) injury can be a catastrophic iatrogenic
complication of cervical spine surgery. Although the incidence is rare, it has serious …

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

H Yoshihara, PG Passias, TJ Errico - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2013 - thejns.org
Object Lateral mass screws (LMS) have been used extensively with a low complication rate
in the subaxial spine. Recently, cervical pedicle screws (CPS) have been introduced, and …

Facetal distraction as treatment for single-and multilevel cervical spondylotic radiculopathy and myelopathy: a preliminary report

A Goel, A Shah - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2011 - thejns.org
The authors discuss their successful preliminary experience with 36 cases of cervical
spondylotic disease by performing facetal distraction using specially designed Goel cervical …

Surgical management of cervical myelopathy: indications and techniques for laminectomy and fusion

RJ Komotar, J Mocco, MG Kaiser - The Spine Journal, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a commonly encountered
surgical disease that may be approached through a variety of operative techniques …

Use of the “dual construct” for the management of complex spinal reconstructions

FH Shen, R Qureshi, R Tyger, R Lehman, A Singla… - The Spine Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Surgical management of complex spinal reconstructions
remains a clinical challenge, as pseudoarthrosis with subsequent rod breakage can occur …

Quantitative anatomy of subaxial cervical lateral mass: an analysis of safe screw lengths for Roy-Camille and magerl techniques

BD Stemper, SV Marawar, N Yoganandan, BS Shender… - Spine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Determination of lateral mass screw lengths with Roy-Camille and Magerl
techniques of screw insertion using computerized tomography in 98 young, asymptomatic …

[HTML][HTML] Finite element analysis of posterior cervical fixation

Y Duan, HH Wang, AM Jin, L Zhang, SX Min… - … & Traumatology: Surgery …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background context Despite largely, used in the past, biomechanical test, to investigate the
fixation techniques of subaxial cervical spine, information is lacking about the internal …

[HTML][HTML] Only fixation for cervical spondylosis: Report of early results with a preliminary experience with 6 cases

A Goel - Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Aim: The author reports early post-operative outcome and preliminary experience with an
alternative form of treatment of cervical degenerative or spondylotic disease leading to …

Morphometric and volumetric analysis of the lateral masses of the lower cervical spine

KG Abdullah, MP Steinmetz, TE Mroz - Spine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Morphometric and volumetric analysis. Objective. To define the morphometric
and volumetric variance of the lateral masses of C5, C6, and C7. Summary of Background …

[HTML][HTML] Four lateral mass screw fixation techniques in lower cervical spine following laminectomy: a finite element analysis study of stress distribution

M Song, Z Zhang, M Lu, J Zong, C Dong, K Ma… - BioMedical Engineering …, 2014 - Springer
Background Lateral mass screw fixation (LSF) techniques have been widely used for
reconstructing and stabilizing the cervical spine; however, complications may result …