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A new occipitocervical fusion construct in pediatric patients with occipitocervical instability. Technical note
D L Brockmeyer1, R I Apfelbaum
1Primary Children's Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84132, USA. dlb@suzy.med.utah.edu
Journal of Neurosurgery
|April 13, 1999
Abstract:
Posterior occipitocervical stabilization procedures were successfully performed in 10 patients (nine boys and one girl) 16 years of age or younger by using C1-2 transarticular screws coupled with a rigid occipitocervical construct. The average length of follow-up evaluation was 18.8 months (range 5-37 months). No implant failed and all fusions were successful without the use of an external orthotic halo device.