CT analysis of the axis for transarticular screw fixation of rheumatoid atlantoaxial instability

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 679-683

  Chung, Sung Soo ^a   Lee, Chong Suh ^a   Chung, Hye Won ^a   Kang, Chang Seok ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Axis; Cervical CT; Cervical spine; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE MASS; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746895509     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0155-8     Document Type: Article

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