Morphometric study of the thoracic vertebral pedicle in an Indian population

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1174-1181

  Datir, Sandeep P ^a,b   Mitra, Sajal R ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morphology; Pedicles; Spinal fixation; Thoracic; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2542464857     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200406010-00004     Document Type: Article

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