Computerized tomographic morphometric analysis of subaxial cervical spine pedicles in young asymptomatic volunteers

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1914-1921

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

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Aerospace Medical Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBAXIAL CERVICAL SPINE;

EID: 51349136238     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.01166     Document Type: Article

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