The location of the vertebral artery foramen and its relation to posterior lateral mass screw fixation

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1291-1295

  Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a   Xu, Rongming ^a   Yeasting, Richard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; cervical spine; foramen transversarium; lateral mass screw; vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SPINE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0029927045     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199606010-00002     Document Type: Article

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