title: A bone and cable girth-hitch technique for atlantoaxial fusion in pediatric patients. Technical note.
abstract: A new technique for performing a posterior rib and multistranded cable atlantoaxial fusion in children is described. The technique has been used successfully, in two patients 22 and 18 months of age, respectively. In both cases, fusion was used to augment C1-2 transarticular screw fixation, and solid arthrodesis was achieved without a halo orthosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84132, USA. douglas.brockmeyer@hsc.utah.edu
authors.forename: Douglas L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Brockmeyer
mesh_terms: D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001863:Bone Screws; D001864:Bone Wires; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*