Freehand determination of the trajectory angle for cervical lateral mass screws: How accurate is it?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 972-976

  Pal, Debasish ^a   Bayley, Edward ^a   Magaji, Sani A ^a   Boszczyk, Bronek M ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Lateral mass screw; Reliability; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LATERAL MASS SCREW PLACEMENT; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; INTERNAL FIXATOR; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE FUSION;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 80052605868     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1694-9     Document Type: Article

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