Computer analysis of the safety of using three different pedicular screw insertion points in the lumbar spine in the Chinese population

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 619-623

  Hailong, Yu ^a   Wei, Lei ^a   Zhensheng, Ma ^a   Hongxun, Sang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lumbar spine; Pedicle screw insertion; Spinal fixation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248589345     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0243-4     Document Type: Article

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