Complexity of the thoracic spine pedicle anatomy

European Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-24

  Panjabi, M M ^a   O'Holleran, J D ^a   Crisco III, J J ^b   Kothe, R ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

anatomy; biomechanics; pedicle instrumentation; pedicles; thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0031000936     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01676570     Document Type: Article

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