Reliability of axial landmarks for pedicle screw placement in the lower lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-66

  Robertson, Peter A ^a,d   Novotny, John E ^b   Grobler, Leon J ^c   Agbai, James U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Pedicle anatomy; Pedicle screws

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031907207     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199801010-00013     Document Type: Article

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