Morphometric comparisons between the pedicle and the pedicle rib unit in the immature Chinese thoracic spine: A computed tomographic assessment

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1514-1519

  Tian, Nai Feng ^a   Xu, Hua Zi ^a   Wang, Xiang Yang ^a   Chen, Qiao Jie ^a   Zheng, Li Cheng ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anatomic study; extrapedicular fixation; immature thoracic spine; pedicle rib unit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PEDICLE; PEDICLE RIB; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RIBS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955012894     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c6d9ae     Document Type: Article

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