Extraction of broken pedicle screws: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1399-1400

  Duncan, Johnny D ^a,b   MacDonald, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pedicle screw; Screw extraction; Spinal instrumentation; Titanium screw

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; DRILL; HUMAN; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION;

BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; REOPERATION; SPINE; TITANIUM;

EID: 0031801491     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199806000-00138     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Blumenthal S, Gill K: Complications of the Wiltse pedicle screw fixation system. Spine 18:1867-1871, 1993.
2. Esses SI, Sachs BL, Dreyzin V: Complications associated with the technique of pedicle screw fixation: A selected survey of ABS members. Spine 18:2231-2239, 1993.
3. McGuire RA Jr: A method for removal of broken vertebral screws. Orthop Review 21:775-776, 1992.