For example, many surgeons select to use lateral mass screws in the subaxial spine (cervical levels three to seven). At the C2 and C7 ...

Under general anaesthesia, the patient is placed in the prone position and standard posterior exposure of the cervical spine is performed. Screws are inserted into the lateral masses of C1 and fixed ...

Imaging of the Cervical Spine and Its Role in ... does not exceed 3 mm. Physiologic subluxation of C2 on C3 may be ... of the anterior arch of C1 should not exceed 10 mm. From C2 ...

“Furthermore, it was interesting to note that the C2 plumb line correlated significantly with C1-C2 lordosis, so increasing cervical-sagittal balance seems to increase hyperlordosis at the ...

All seven cervical vertebrae are numbered. The C1, the first vertebra in the column (closest to the skull), is also known as the atlas . The C2, the vertebra below it, is also known as the axis .