Morphometric evaluation of screw fixation in atlas via posterior arch and lateral mass

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 888-895

  Tan, Mingsheng ^a   Wang, Huimin ^b   Wang, Yunting ^b   Zhang, Guangbo ^b   Yi, Ping ^b   Li, Zirong ^b   Wei, Hongyu ^b   Yang, Feng ^b  

^a CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anatomy; Atlantoaxial instability; Atlas; Lateral mass; Posterior arch; Screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; ATLAS; AXIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLAMP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE INJURY; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; BONE SCREWS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037626143     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200305010-00010     Document Type: Article

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