Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging screening for a surgical decision regarding the approach for anterior spine fusion at the cervicothoracic junction

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 675-681

  Fraser, JustinF ^a   Diwan, AshishD ^a   Peterson, Margaret ^a   O'Brien, MichaelF ^a   Mintz, Douglas N ^a   Khan, Safdar N ^a   Sandhu, Harvindar S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomic geometry; Anterior cervical surgical approach; Anterior spine fusion; Cervical MRI; Cervicothoracic junction; Preoperative MRI screening; Sternotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0036533772     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200204010-00002     Document Type: Article

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