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Table 4 The existing C7 pedicle screw trajectories in literature

From: Free-hand technique of C7 pedicle screw insertion using a simply defined entry point without fluoroscopic guidance for cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients with C3 to C6 instrumented by lateral mass screws: a retrospective cohort study

Study

Year

Sample size

Transverse angle

Sagittal angle

By Raj D. Rao, et al.

2008

98

33.5 ± 5.6°

-2.8 ± 3.8°

Xiujun Zheng, et al.

2009

6

34.0 ± 4.0°

-

Dong Ho Lee, et al.

2010

40

28.0 ± 4.6°

-2.0 ± 5.4°

Shaunak Desai, et al.

2010

10

27.1 ± 0.9°

-

Woo Young Jang, et al.

2011

120

35.1 ± 8.1°

-

Wensheng Liao, et al.

2015

6

41.1 ± 1.9°

-

Michael Siu Hei Tse, et al.

2016

94

29.4 ± 3.6°

-

Jarupon Mahiphot, et al.

2019

130

39.4 ± 5.0°

-5.6 ± 4.3°

Manuel Moser, et al.

2019

4

33.4 ± 2.3°

-