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Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion Surgery C3-C7

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Currently, subaxial instrumentation is most often performed via lateral mass screw fixation. Pedicle screw fixation in the subaxial cervical spine is sometimes used at C7 because of the small lateral mass and the absence of the vertebral artery; however, it is used less often than lateral mass screw fixation because of the risk to the vertebral artery above C7 and the risk of injuring nerve roots. Accordingly, this chapter will focus on lateral mass fixation techniques.

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  1. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    S. Tim Yoon

  2. Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Novant Brain and Spine Surgery, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Chase Bennett

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  1. Washington Spine & Scoliosis, Institute at OrthoBethesda, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    S. Bobby Kalantar

  3. Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima, WA, USA

    Doniel Drazin

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

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Yoon, S.T., Bennett, C. (2020). Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion Surgery C3-C7. In: O'Brien, J., Kalantar, S., Drazin, D., Sandhu, F. (eds) The Resident's Guide to Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20847-9_6

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