10: C2 Translaminar Screw Fixation

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Procedure 10 C2 Translaminar Screw Fixation

Figures 10-4 through 10-7 and 10-9 through 10-12 redrawn with permission from Leonard JR, Wright NM. Pediatric atlantoaxial fixation with bilateral, crossing C-2 translaminar screws. Technical note. J Neurosurg 2006;104:59-63.

Procedure

Evidence

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Jea A, Sheth RN, Vanni S, Green BA, Levi AD. Modification of Wright’s technique for placement of bilateral crossing C2 translaminar screws: technical note. Spine J. 2008;8:656-660.

Lehman RA, Sasso RC, Helgeson MD, et al. Accuracy of intraoperative plain radiographs to detect violations of intralaminar screws placed into the C2 vertebrae—a reliability study. Spine. 2007;32:3036-3040.

Leonard JR, Wright NM. Pediatric atlantoaxial fixation with bilateral, crossing C-2 translaminar screws. Technical note. J Neurosurg. 2006;104:59-63.

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Parker SL, McGirt MJ, Garces-Ambrossi GL, et al. Translaminar versus pedicle screw fixation of C2: comparison of surgical morbidity and accuracy of 313 consecutive screws. Neurosurgery. 2009;64:343-348. discussion 348-9

Reddy C, Ingalhalikar AV, Channon S, et al. In vitro biomechanical comparison of transpedicular versus translaminar C-2 screw fixation in C2-3 instrumentation. J Neurosurg Spine. 2007;7:414-418.

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