Rheumatoid arthritis as a risk factor for a narrow C-2 pedicle: 3D analysis of the C-2 pedicle screw trajectory

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-21

  Miyata, Masahiko ^a   Neo, Masashi ^a   Ito, Hiromu ^a   Yoshida, Makoto ^a   Fujibayashi, Shunsuke ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axis; Pedicle screw; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 46749133850     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/7/017     Document Type: Article

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