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Zarghooni, Kourosh ORCID: 0000-0001-7069-6291, Boese, Chrisoph K., Siewe, Jan, Roellinghoff, Marc, Eysel, Peer and Scheyerer, Max J. (2016). Occipital bone thickness: Implications on occipital-cervical fusion. A cadaveric study. Acta Orthop. Traumatol. Turc., 50 (6). S. 606 - 610. ISTANBUL: TURKISH ASSOC ORTHOPAEDICS TRAUMATOLOGY. ISSN 1017-995X

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to create a map of the occipital bone using a cadaveric morphometric analysis. Material: Twelve heads, from seven male and five female cadavers, were studied. The thickness of the occipital bone was measured with a digital vernier caliper within a coordinate system. Results: The maximum thickness of the occipital bone could be measured at the external occipital protuberance (mean 15.4 mm; range 9-29.3 mm). All male individuals had higher bone thickness around this point. Further lateral a steady decrease of bone thickness could be observed. Same could be observed in craniocaudal direction. However, values above the superior nuchal line were on average thicker than below. Conclusion: The measurements demonstrated a great individual variability of bone thickness of the occipital bone. The results emphasize the role of preoperative planning for the feasibility of placement of an occipital screw. (C) 2016 Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Publishing services by Elsevier B. V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Zarghooni, Kourosh UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7069-6291 UNSPECIFIED Boese, Chrisoph K. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Siewe, Jan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Roellinghoff, Marc UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Eysel, Peer UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Scheyerer, Max J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-253489
DOI:	10.1016/j.aott.2016.04.003
Journal or Publication Title:	Acta Orthop. Traumatol. Turc.
Volume:	50
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 606 - 610
Date:	2016
Publisher:	TURKISH ASSOC ORTHOPAEDICS TRAUMATOLOGY
Place of Publication:	ISTANBUL
ISSN:	1017-995X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION; OCCIPITOCERVICAL FUSION; INTERNAL-FIXATION; COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MORPHOLOGY Multiple languages Orthopedics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/25348