Original Article

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society. 1996; 25(1): 119-124.

Anterior Cervical Fusion with New Angled Locking Screw for Cervical Spine Injury: Preliminary Report.

Jin Hwan Cheong, Seong Hoon Oh, Koang Hum Bak, Hyung Shik Shin, Jae Min Kim, Young Soo Kim, Ko Yong, Suck Jun Oh, Nam Kyu Kim, and Kwang Myung Kim

Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Although anterior cervical plates provide excellent fixation for the anterior column, the potential risk for injury to the spinal cord or soft tissue has been the reason why they have not gained universal acceptance, new angled locking screw was designed to avoid such surgical complications. We are intending of anterior cervical fusion by means of new angled locking screw Orion Plate and also suggest that Orion Plate System is mandatory for reducing technical demands and late instrumentation failure.

Keywords : Cervical spine injury;Orion plate;Locking screw;Fixed screw angle trajctory