Cadaveric morphometric analysis for atlantal lateral mass screw placement

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1436-1440

  Wang, Michael Y ^a,b   Samudrala, Srinath ^a   Traynelis, Vincent C ^b   Le, Hoang N ^b   Kim, Daniel ^b   Benzel, Edward C ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anatomy; Atlas; Cervical spine; Occipitocervical fusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2542556705     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000124753.74864.07     Document Type: Article

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