Occipital morphology: An anatomic guide to internal fixation

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1719-1724

  Zipnick, Richard I ^a   Merola, Andrew A ^a   Gorup, John ^a   Kunkle, Kevin ^a   Shin, Tae ^a   Caruso, Steven A ^b   Haher, Thomas R ^a,b,c  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c St Vincent's Hosp Med Ctr New Y ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

fusion; morphology; occipitocervical; occiput

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 0029783933     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199608010-00001     Document Type: Article

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