Application of laminar screws to posterior fusion of cervical spine: Measurement of the cervical vertebral arch diameter with a navigation system

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 620-623

  Nakanishi, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Masato ^a   Sugimoto, Yoshihisa ^a   Misawa, Haruo ^a   Takigawa, Tomoyuki ^b   Fujiwara, Kazuo ^a   Nishida, Keiichiro ^a   Ozaki, Toshifumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laminar screw; Lateral mass screw; Neurovascular complications; Pedicle screw; Transarticular screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINA SCREW; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY;

AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 41349107389     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318166aa76     Document Type: Article

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