Anatomic study of the axis for surgical planning of transarticular screw fixation

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 408, Issue , 2003, Pages 162-166

  Igarashi, Tamaki ^a   Kikuchi, Shinichi ^a   Sato, Katsuhiko ^a   Kayama, Satoru ^a   Otani, Koji ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AXIS; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SAFETY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0037335825     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200303000-00020     Document Type: Article

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