World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 112-118 , February 2010

Clinical and radiologic outcome of laminar screw at C2 and C7 for posterior instrumentation—review of 25 cases and comparison of C2 and C7 intralaminar screw fixation

Received 8 March 2009 ,Accepted 11 June 2009.

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☆ This study was partially funded by the Catholic Institute of Cell Therapy Basic Science Programs Foundation in 2007 and 2008.

PII: S0090-3019(09)00518-7

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.06.010

World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 112-118 , February 2010

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