Clinical evaluation and computed tomography scan analysis of screw tracts after percutaneous insertion of pedicle screws in the lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 615-621

  Wiesner, Lothar ^a   Kothe, Ralph ^a   Schulitz, Klaus Peter ^b   Rüther, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scan; External pedicle screw fixation; Lumbar spine; Pedicle violations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034099254     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200003010-00013     Document Type: Article

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