Morphometry of the cervical vertebral pedicles as a guide for transpedicular screw fixation

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 102-107

  Kayalioglu, Gulgun ^a   Erturk, Mete ^a   Varol, Tuncay ^b   Cezayirli, Enis ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical pedicle; Morphometry; Right left difference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; OSTEOMETRY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 33947641625     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.102     Document Type: Article

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