Anatomic considerations of pedicle screw placement in the thoracic spine: Roy-Camille technique versus open-lamina technique

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1065-1068

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

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Thoracic pedicle; Thoracic spine; Transpedicular fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032076473     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199805010-00021     Document Type: Article

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