Posterior Screw Placement on the Lateral Mass of Atlas: An Anatomic Study

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 500-503

  Hong, Xia ^a,c   Dong, Yin ^b   Yunbing, Chang ^a   Qingshui, Yin ^a   Shizheng, Zhong ^b   Jingfa, Liu ^a  

^a Liuhuaqiao Hospital   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Atlas; Biomechanics; Clinic anatomy; Internal fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLAS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATLAS; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 1442336212     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000113874.82587.33     Document Type: Article

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