Cervical pedicle screws: Conventional versus computer-assisted placement of cannulated screws

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2280-2287

  Richter, Marcus ^a   Cakir, Balkan ^b   Schmidt, René ^b  

^a ST JOSEFS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Computer assisted surgery; In vivo; Pedicle screws; Posterior instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 27144527301     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000182275.31425.cd     Document Type: Article

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