Comparative assessment of pedicle morphology of the lumbar spine in various degenerative diseases

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-321

  Nojiri, Kenya ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Momoshima, Suketaka ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lumbar degenerative disease; Morphology; Vertebral pedicle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31044438080     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-005-0327-6     Document Type: Article

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