Pedicle and spinal canal parameters of the lower thoracic and lumbar vertebrae in the achondroplast population

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2423-2431

  Srikumaran, Umasuthan ^a   Woodard, Eboni J ^a   Leet, Arabella I ^a   Rigamonti, Daniele ^a   Sponseller, Paul D ^a   Ain, Michael C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; Dysplasia; Pedicle; Spinal deformity; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE SCREWS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349118005     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181574286     Document Type: Article

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