The trabecular architecture of the superior articular process of the lumbar spine (L2-S1)

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-213

  Drews, Susanne ^a   Matsuura, Maiko ^b   Putz, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facet joints; Lumbar spine; Micro computed tomography; Trabecular architecture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE STRESS; CADAVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRABECULAR BONE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 42449159235     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0317-6     Document Type: Article

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