Image-based drill templates for cervical pedicle screw placement: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-26

  Ryken, Timothy C ^a   Owen, Brent D ^a   Christensen, Gary E ^b   Reinhardt, Joseph M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Drill template; Pedicle screw; Rapid prototype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PEDICLE SCREW; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61549124125     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.9.SPI08229     Document Type: Article

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