Morphometric analysis using multiplanar reconstructed CT of the lumbar pedicle in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis characterized by a Cobb angle of 30° or greater: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 256-262

  Makino, Takahiro ^a   Kaito, Takashi ^a   Fujiwara, Hiroyasu ^a   Yonenobu, Kazuo ^a  

^a MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Degenerative scoliosis; Lumbar spine; Morphology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SCOLIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCOLIOSIS; VERTEBRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, SPINE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84865841504     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.6.SPINE12227     Document Type: Article

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