Feasibility of intralaminar, lateral mass, or pedicle axis vertebra screws in children under 10 years of age: A tomographic study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 835-838

  Cristante, Alexandre Fogaça ^a   Torelli, Alessandro Gonzalez ^a   Kohlmann, Rafael Bellucci ^a   Dias Da Rocha, Ivan ^a   Biraghi, Olavo Letaif ^a   Iutaka, Alexandre Sadao ^a   Marcon, Raphael Martus ^a   Oliveira, Reginaldo Perilo ^a   Pessoa De Barros Filho, Tarcísio Eloy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axis; Bone screws; Spinal fusion; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; STUDENT T TEST; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AXIS; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858746178     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182367417     Document Type: Article

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