The three-dimensional morphometry of the odontoid peg and its impact on ventral screw osteosynthesis

Bone and Joint Journal

Volumn 95 B, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 536-542

  Puchwein, P ^a   Jester, B ^a   Freytag, B ^a,b   Tanzer, K ^a   Maizen, C ^a,c   Gumpert, R ^a   Pichler, W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL SCREW OSTEOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84877845178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20494408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.95B4.30949     Document Type: Article

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