Study of the anatomical variations of vertebral artery in C2 vertebra with magnetic resonance imaging and its application in the c1-c2 transarticular screw fixation

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1136-1143

  Lau, Sun Wing ^a   Kit Sun, Lun ^a   Lai, Raymond ^a   Karen Luk, Man Sze ^a   Sun Ng, Yuet ^a   Man Raymond Wong, Nang ^a   Yau Lau, Pui ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial; CISS; Isometric; MRI; Transarticular screw; Variation; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL ATLAS; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 77952340563     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bb4f21     Document Type: Article

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