Anatomic comparison of transarticular screws with lateral mass screws in cervical vertebrae

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-71

  Liu, Guan Yi ^a   Xu, Rong Ming ^a   Ma, Wei Hu ^a   Ruan, Yong Ping ^a   Sun, Shao Hua ^a   Huang, Lei ^a  

^a Sixth Hospital of Ningbo   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical vertebrae; Fixators internal; Transarticular screws

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DISSECTION; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; OBSERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 34047173145     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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