Anatomic considerations for the pedicle screw placement in the first cervical vertebra

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1519-1523

  Ma, Xiang Yang ^a   Yin, Qing Shui ^a   Wu, Zeng Hui ^a   Xia, Hong ^a   Liu, Jing Fa ^a   Zhong, Shi Zhen ^b  

^a Guangzhou Liuhuaqiao Hospital   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Atlantoaxial instability; Atlas; Axis; Lateral mass; Pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; ATLAS; BONE MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL MASS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA ARCH PEDICLE; VERTEBRA POSTERIOR ARCH;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 22144490815     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000168546.17788.49     Document Type: Article

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