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- WEDGING
- Deformity of vertebral body, caused by trauma or gradual collapse, resulting in wedgeshaped vertebra; can also occur congenitally.
- WERTHEIM BOHLMAN
- For occipital cervical fusion; use of iliac crest graft and wire fixation from occiput to C-2.
- WHIPLASH
- Popular term for hyperextension-hyperflexion.
- WHITECLOUD and LAROCCA
- Anterior technique for cervical spine fusion using fibular graft.
- WILTSE
- A bilateral lateral spine fusion for spondylolisthesis.
- WILTSE PLATE
- Screw plate device for posterior spinal stabilization.
- WINTER
- For hemivertebra deformity; anterior and posterior approach with stabilization. Also a procedure for correction of congenital kyphosis, by using an anterior approach and strut bone grafts.
- WIRE
- Metal thread available in various diameters and various degrees of stiffness and is generally used in surgery to transfix fractured bone.
- WISCONSIN (DRUMMOND) INTERSPINOUS SEGMENTAL SPINAL
- Series of wires, rods, and buttons for multisegmental spine stabilization.
| Published: July 22, 2002 |
Updated: June 09, 2005 |
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