Anatomical considerations for cervical pedicle screw insertion: The use of multiplanar computerized tomography reconstruction measurements

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 472-477

  Chazono, Masaaki ^a   Soshi, Shigeru ^a   Inoue, Takeshi ^a   Kida, Yoshikuni ^a   Ushiku, Chikara ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical spine; Computerized tomography; Pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL; ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREW; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745955454     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.6.472     Document Type: Article

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