Transpedicular screwing of the seventh cervical vertebra: Anatomical considerations and surgical technique

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 354-360

  Barrey, C ^a   Cotton, F ^b   Jund, J ^c   Mertens, P ^a,d   Perrin, G ^a  

^a Hop Neurochirurgical P Wertheimer ^*  (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier de la Region d'Annecy   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomical study; Bone screw; Cervical pedicle; Cervical vertebrae; Orthopedic fixation devices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0346243556     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0163-5     Document Type: Article

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