Computerized tomographic measurement of the cervical pedicles diameter in a Malaysian population and the feasibility for transpedicular fixation

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Yusof, Mohd Imran ^a,b   Liau, Kai Ming ^a   Abdullah, Mohd Shafie ^a   Yusof, Abdul Halim ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cervical pedicles; Computerized tomography evaluation; Malaysians; Screw fixation; Transpedicular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CERVICAL PEDICLE DIAMETER; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MORPHOMETRICS; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPEDICULAR FIXATION; TRANSVERSE PEDICLE DIAMETER; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646456917     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000210263.87578.65     Document Type: Article

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