Radiographic verification of pedicle screw pilot hole placement using Kirshner wires versus beaded wires

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 476-480

  Myles, Robert T ^a   Fong, Brian ^b   Esses, Stephen I ^a   Hipp, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixation; Method; Pedicle; Screw; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGEON; VERTEBRA;

BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; CADAVER; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0033104575     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199903010-00016     Document Type: Article

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