The contralateral lamina: A reliable guide in subaxial, cervical pedicle screw placement

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1457-1461

  Hacker, A G ^a,c   Molloy, S ^b   Bernard, J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; CT; Pedicles; Screws

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 56349148221     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0756-0     Document Type: Article

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