Determining the sagittal dimensions of the canal of the cervical spine

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 110-112

  Blackley, H R ^a   Plank, L D ^b   Robertson, P A ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0032953084     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B1.9001     Document Type: Article

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