Safe lateral-mass screw lengths in the Roy-Camille and Magerl techniques: An anatomic study

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1739-1742

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

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Lateral mass screw; Posterior cervical plating; Screw length

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0032528921     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199808150-00006     Document Type: Article

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