Placement of pedicle screws in the human cadaveric cervical spine: Comparative accuracy of three techniques

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1655-1667

  Ludwig, Steven C ^a   Kramer, David L ^b   Balderston, Richard A ^c   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^d   Foley, Kevin F ^e   Albert, Todd J ^d,f  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Danbury Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Laminoforaminotomy; Morphometric analysis; Pedicle screw; Stereotaxis; Transpedicular fixation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033925472     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200007010-00009     Document Type: Article

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