New parameters to represent the position of the aorta relative to the spine for pedicle screw placement

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 815-820

  Takeshita, Katsushi ^a   Maruyama, Toru ^b   Ono, Takashi ^a   Ogihara, Satoshi ^a   Chikuda, Hirotaka ^a   Shoda, Naoki ^a   Nakao, Yusuke ^a   Matsudaira, Ko ^a   Seichi, Atsushi ^c   Nakamura, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Department of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Computed tomography; Pedicle screw; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ENDING; PARAMETER; PEDICLE SCREW; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77954533984     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1298-9     Document Type: Article

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