Anatomic considerations of anterior transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial instability

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1229-1236

  Lu, Jike ^a   Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Heck, Bruce E ^a   Yeasting, Richard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior; Morphometry; Screw and plate fixation; Transarticular atlantoaxial screw fixation; Upper cervical spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032100810     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199806010-00011     Document Type: Article

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