Morphometric measurement of cortical bone trajectory for lumbar pedicle screw insertion using computed tomography

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Matsukawa, Keitaro ^a,b   Yato, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nemoto, Osamu ^b   Imabayashi, Hideaki ^a   Asazuma, Takashi ^a   Nemoto, Koichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Self Defense Force Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

cortical bone trajectory; insertion technique; minimally invasive surgery; pars interarticularis; pedicle map; pedicle screw; starting point

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COBB ANGLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL BONE TRAJECTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TILTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84881477180     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318288ac39     Document Type: Article

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