Cervical pedicle screw insertion using a computed tomography cutout technique: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 681-687

  Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Uno, Koki ^a  

^a Graduate School of Health Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cervical; Computed tomography cutout; Pedicle screw fixation; Spine; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73249140742     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.SPINE09352     Document Type: Article

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