Morphologic evaluation of the thoracic vertebrae for safe free-hand pedicle screw placement in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a CT-based anatomical study
- 8 July 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
- Vol. 34 (3) , 209-216
Abstract
To evaluate the morphologic characteristics of the thoracic pedicle with regard to safe free-hand thoracic pedicle screw placement, based on multi-planar reconstruction CT images.Keywords
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