Applied anatomy of the lower cervical pedicle screw insertion

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 299-305

  Li, Xing Guo ^a   He, Yun ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Zou, Zhi Rong ^a   Zhang, Peng ^b   Luo, Ji Hong ^b   Guo, Yong Fu ^b   Zhang, Yang Jie ^a   Zhang, Yu Ran ^c   Liu, Zong Liang ^a  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Orthopaedics   (China)

^c KUNMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bone screw; Cervical vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PEDICLE SCREW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 35348928749     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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