Safe zone for C1 lateral mass screws: Anatomic and radiological study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1154-1160

  Simsek, Serkan ^a   Yigitkanli, Kazim ^a   Turba, Ulku C ^b   Comert, Ayhan ^c   Seçkin, Hakan ^a   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^c   Elhan, Alaittin ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C1; Internal carotid artery; Lateral mass; Longus capitis muscle; Rectus capitis anterior muscle; Safe zone; Screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLAS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74349100447     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000351779.58845.62     Document Type: Article

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