Subaxial cervical pedicle screw insertion with newly defined entry point and trajectory: Accuracy evaluation in cadavers

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-112

  Zheng, Xiujun ^a,b   Chaudhari, Rahul ^b   Wu, Chunhui ^a   Mehbod, Amir A ^b   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^b  

^a Foundation for the Advancement of Spinal Knowledge   (United States)

^b TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Entry point; Pedicle screw; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRA;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 75049086017     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1213-4     Document Type: Article

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