Systematic review of cervical pedicle dimensions and projections

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Jiayong ^a   Napolitano, Jonathan T ^a   Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; cervical pedicle; dimension; projection; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AXIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649449208     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e92272     Document Type: Article

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