Evaluation of anatomic landmarks and safe zones for screw placement in the atlas via the posterior arch

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Gebauer, Matthias ^a   Barvencik, Florian ^a   Briem, Daniel ^a   Kolb, Jan P ^a   Seitz, Sebastian ^a   Rueger, Johannes M ^a   Püschel, Klaus ^a   Amling, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlas; Lateral mass; Posterior screw placement; Transpedicular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; AXIS; BODY SIZE; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75049084845     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1181-8     Document Type: Article

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