Quantitative anatomy of subaxial cervical lateral mass: An analysis of safe screw lengths for Roy-Camille and Magerl techniques

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 893-897

  Stemper, Brian D ^a   Marawar, Satyajit V ^a   Yoganandan, Narayan ^a   Shender, Barry S ^b   Rao, Raj D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical spine; Lateral mass screw; Magerl; Roy Camille

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARGERL TECHNIQUE; NEUROVASCULAR INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROY CAMILLE TECHNIQUE; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; NECK; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42149176012     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816b4666     Document Type: Article

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