Cervical anterior transpedicular screw fixation. Part I: Study on morphological feasibility, indications, and technical prerequisites

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 523-538

  Koller, Heiko ^a,b   Hempfing, Axel ^b   Acosta, Frank ^d   Fox, Michael ^e   Scheiter, Armin ^c   Tauber, Mark ^a   Holz, Ulrich ^c   Resch, Herbert ^a   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b German Scoliosis Center   (Germany)

^c Katharinenhospital Stuttgart ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical spine; Instrumentation; Pedicle; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42149136853     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0572-y     Document Type: Article

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