Bu çalışmada insan omurga anatomisi ve transpediküler fiksasyon yöntemi tanımlanarak omurga ve omurilik ameliyatlarında antropolojik farklılıkların önemi vurgunlamıştır.  

Keywords - Omurga, antropometrik ölçümler, pedikül

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