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Posterior fixation techniques of the subaxial cervical spine are important tools to have in the armamentarium of every spinal surgeon who wants to engage in more complex reconstructive surgery. This chapter focuses mainly on what is the most widespread surgical technique of lateral mass screw fixation, examining the various techniques and nuances according to the various authors having described them. In addition to this there has been the adjunct of the transfacet fixation technique, which, even though probably older than the lateral mass technique, has enjoyed less popularity over the last decades but bears some advantages that make it worthwhile to reconsider and integrate it.
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Menchetti, P.P.M., Cacciola, F., Di Lorenzo, N. (2022). Lateral Mass Screw Fixation of the Subaxial Cervical Spine. In: Menchetti, P.P.M. (eds) Cervical Spine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94829-0_16
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