Thoracic pedicle morphometry in different body height population: A Three-dimensional study using reformatted computed tomography

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Zhuang, Zerui ^a   Chen, Yuchun ^a   Han, Hui ^a   Cai, Shijian ^b   Wang, Xinjia ^a   Qi, Weili ^a   Kong, Kangmei ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

body height; reformatted CT; thoracic pedicle; transpedicular fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80455158269     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318210f063     Document Type: Article

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