Anatomic evaluation of two different techniques for the percutaneous insertion of pedicle screws in the lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1599-1603

  Wiesner, Lothar ^a   Kothe, Ralph ^a   Rüther, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cadaver study; External pedicle screw fixation; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032797248     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199908010-00015     Document Type: Article

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