Optimal trajectory for the occipital condylar screw

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 385-392

  Lee, Joon O ^a   Buchowski, Jacob M ^b   Lee, Kyoung M ^c   Park, Kun Woo ^c   Chang, Bong Soon ^a   Lee, Choon Ki ^a   Riew, K Daniel ^b   Yeom, Jin S ^c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

entry point; feasibility; Occipital condyle; screw fixation; screw length; trajectory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; OCCIPITAL CONDYLAR SCREW; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857914586     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31821fcdfe     Document Type: Article

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