Cervical pedicle screw placement: Feasibility and accuracy of two new insertion techniques based on morphometric data

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-56

  Reinhold, M ^a   Magerl, F ^b   Rieger, M ^a   Blauth, M ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anatomical study; Cervical pedicle; Cervical spine; Fixation technique

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; POLYETHER;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; AXIS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALPRACTICE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; PEDICLE SCREW; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846421082     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0104-1     Document Type: Article

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