Anatomical considerations for cervical pedicle screw insertion: the use of multiplanar computerized tomography measurements in 122 consecutive clinical cases

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 729-734

  Onibokun, Adebukola ^a   Khoo, Larry T ^a   Bistazzoni, Simona ^b   Chen, Nan Fu ^a,c   Sassi, Marco ^d  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c Kaohsiung Armed Force General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d Istituto O Galleazi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical pedicle; Computed tomography; Parameter; Pedicle morphology; Screws; Transverse angle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749088469     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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