The vertebral artery and the cervical pedicle: Morphometric analysis of a critical neighborhood: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-60

  Tomasino, Andre ^a   Parikh, Karishma ^b   Koller, Heiko ^c   Zink, Walter ^b   Tsiouris, John ^b   Steinberger, Jeremy ^d   Härtl, Roger ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Werner Wicker Klinik   (Germany)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical spine; Computed tomography angiography; Morphological study; Pedicle screw; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 77954246251     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09231     Document Type: Article

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