Is the 4 mm height of the vertebral artery groove really a limitation of C1 pedicle screw insertion?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1109-1114

  Huang, Da Geng ^a   He, Si Min ^a   Pan, Jun Wei ^a   Hui, Hua ^a   Hu, Hui Min ^a   He, Bao Rong ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Zhang, Xue Fang ^a   Hao, Ding Jun ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Atlas; Pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION GRADING SYSTEM; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY; ATLAS POSTERIOR ARCH FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY; VENOUS PLEXUS INJURY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURY; FIRST CERVICAL VERTEBRA; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICLE SCREWS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84900799740     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3217-y     Document Type: Article

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