Pedicle screw fixation of the cervical spine: Guidance by computed tomography

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 462, Issue , 2007, Pages 99-104

  Su, Peiqiang ^a   Ma, Ruofan ^a   Li, Chunhai ^a   Liu, Shangli ^a   Huang, Dongsheng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE FUSION;

BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548386176     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e3180ebe4e5     Document Type: Article

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