The clinical risk of vertebral artery injury from cervical pedicle screws inserted in degenerative vertebrae

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 2800-2805

  Neo, Masashi ^a   Sakamoto, Takeshi ^a   Fujibayashi, Shunsuke ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical pedicle screw; Complication; Computed tomography angiography; Misplacement; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 29444456659     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000192297.07709.5d     Document Type: Article

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