Peroperative determination of safe superior transarticular screw trajectory through the lateral mass

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1477-1482

  Solanki, Guirish A ^a   Crockard, H Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Axis; Computer aided design; Transarticular screw; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; AXIS; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OSTEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0033565846     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199907150-00014     Document Type: Article

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