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Freehand C2 Laminar Screw Placement: Technical Note and Operative Video

The placement of C2 laminar screws is a safe and useful method of axis fixation. The freehand method of screw placement was originally described by Wright et al., and requires detailed knowledge of the C2 posterior element anatomy, relationship to vital neurovascular structures, and technical acumen...

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Autores principales: Clifton, William, Garcia, Jose O, Damon, Aaron, Abode-Iyamah, Kingsley, Pichelmann, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6820327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31695972
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5549
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author Clifton, William
Garcia, Jose O
Damon, Aaron
Abode-Iyamah, Kingsley
Pichelmann, Mark
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description The placement of C2 laminar screws is a safe and useful method of axis fixation. The freehand method of screw placement was originally described by Wright et al., and requires detailed knowledge of the C2 posterior element anatomy, relationship to vital neurovascular structures, and technical acumen. The current evidence, surgical anatomy and technical details of screw insertion are investigated and highlighted in this manuscript and surgical video.
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spelling pubmed-68203272019-11-06 Freehand C2 Laminar Screw Placement: Technical Note and Operative Video Clifton, William Garcia, Jose O Damon, Aaron Abode-Iyamah, Kingsley Pichelmann, Mark Cureus Orthopedics The placement of C2 laminar screws is a safe and useful method of axis fixation. The freehand method of screw placement was originally described by Wright et al., and requires detailed knowledge of the C2 posterior element anatomy, relationship to vital neurovascular structures, and technical acumen. The current evidence, surgical anatomy and technical details of screw insertion are investigated and highlighted in this manuscript and surgical video. Cureus 2019-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6820327/ /pubmed/31695972 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5549 Text en Copyright © 2019, Clifton et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Clifton, William
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Damon, Aaron
Abode-Iyamah, Kingsley
Pichelmann, Mark
Freehand C2 Laminar Screw Placement: Technical Note and Operative Video
title Freehand C2 Laminar Screw Placement: Technical Note and Operative Video
title_full Freehand C2 Laminar Screw Placement: Technical Note and Operative Video
title_fullStr Freehand C2 Laminar Screw Placement: Technical Note and Operative Video
title_full_unstemmed Freehand C2 Laminar Screw Placement: Technical Note and Operative Video
title_short Freehand C2 Laminar Screw Placement: Technical Note and Operative Video
title_sort freehand c2 laminar screw placement: technical note and operative video
topic Orthopedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6820327/
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