Factors affecting lateral mass screw placement at C-7: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-411

  Abdullah, Kalil G ^a,b   Nowacki, Amy S ^a,b   Steinmetz, Michael P ^a,b   Wang, Jeffrey C ^c   Mroz, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Cervical spine; Lateral mass; Lateral mass screws

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952416693     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.SPINE09776     Document Type: Article

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