Optimal entry points and trajectories for cervical pedicle screw placement into subaxial cervical vertebrae

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 905-911

  Lee, Dong Ho ^a   Lee, Sung Woo ^a   Kang, Suk Jung ^a   Hwang, Chang Ju ^a   Kim, Nam Heun ^a   Bae, Ju Yul ^a   Kim, Yung Tae ^a   Lee, Choon Sung ^a   Daniel Riew, K ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical pedicle screw; Entry point; Operative simulation system; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PEDICLE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OPTIMAL ENTRY POINT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINE DISEASE; SUBAXIAL CERVICAL VERTEBRA; TRAJECTORY; ADOLESCENT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 80052607704     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1655-8     Document Type: Article

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