The anatomic relation of lateral mass screws to the spinal nerves: A comparison of the Magerl, Anderson, and An techniques

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2057-2061

  Xu, Rongming ^a   Haman, Steve P ^a   Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a   Yeasting, Richard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine nerve; Dorsal ramus; Lateral mass screw; Posterior plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0033214753     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199910010-00016     Document Type: Article

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