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. 2008 Jan 26;17(4):523–538. doi: 10.1007/s00586-007-0572-y

Table 9.

Comparison of mean pedicle outer width with other studies from literature (in mm)

Measurement technique CT Direct/CT Direct
Level CS (N = 29) Chazono [14] (n = 63) Sakamoto [80] (n = 30) Kareikovic [49] (n = 53)a Datir [17] (n = 18) Ludwig [64] (n = 12) Ugur [98, 99] (n = 20) Bozbuga [10, 31] (n = 29) Jones [46] (n = 56) Ebraheim [26, 53] (n = 40)a Panjabi [68] (n = 12)b Tan [95] (n = 10)b
C2 5.8 6.9/6.5 8.0 8.3/7.7
C3 5.2 5.4 6.2 5.3/4.5 5.4 4.9 4.5 4.8 4.9/4.5 5.4/5.8 4.5/4.4
C4 5.3 5.5 6.3 5.4/4.5 6.1 5.2 4.4 5.2 4.7/4.6 5.1/5.7 4.6/4.5
C5 5.5 5.7 6.5 5.7/5.0 6.0 5.3 4.7 6.1 4.9/4.9 5.1/6.1 4.7/4.9
C6 5.9 5.9 6.7 5.9/5.0 6.2 5.7 4.7 6.5 5.2/5.0 5.6/6.3 5.1/5.4
C7 6.6 6.7 7.4 6.7/5.9 6.5 6.0 4.9 6.9 6.5/6.6 5.6/5.7
T1 8.6 7.3/5.8 6.5 7.4/7.5

CS current study

aMean x/x resembles data reported in respect to male/female gender

bMean x/x resembles data reported in respect to left/right side