Radiological considerations of posterior cervical lateral mass fixation using plate and screw

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 406-412

  Yoon, Seung Hwan ^a   Park, Hyoung Chun ^a   Park, Heon Seon ^a   Kim, Eun Young ^a   Ha, Yoon ^a   Chong, Chong Kweon ^a   Kim, Seung Min ^b   Rim, Dae Cheol ^c  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Gospel Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Facet injury; Facet joints; Lateral mass; Plate screw system; Posterior cervical fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT INJURY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

EID: 3543042487     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2004.45.3.406     Document Type: Article

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