Anatomical evaluation of the groove for the vertebral artery in the axis vertebrae for atlanto-axial transarticular screw fixation technique

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 237-243

  Kazan, Saim ^a   Yildirim, Fatoş ^a   Sindel, Muzaffer ^a   Tuncer, Recai ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Axis vertebra; Groove; Pars interarticularis; Pedicle; Screw; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0033945854     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2353(2000)13:4<237::AID-CA2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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