Pedicle dimensions of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae in the Greek population

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 404-408

  Christodoulou, Anastasios G ^a   Apostolou, Thomas ^a   Ploumis, Avraam ^a,b,c   Terzidis, Ioannis ^a   Hantzokos, Ippokratis ^a   Pournaras, John ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dimensions; Greek; Pedicle; Screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTERNAL SAGITTAL DIAMETER; EXTERNAL TRANSVERSE DIAMETER; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL TRANSVERSE DIAMETER; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA ARCH PEDICLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 24644501155     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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