Pedicle morphology in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Is pedicle fixation an anatomically viable technique?

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 2285-2293

  O'Brien, Michael F ^a,d   Lenke, Lawrence G ^b   Mardjetko, Steven ^c   Lowe, Thomas G ^a   Kong, Yinong ^a   Eck, Kevin ^b   Smith, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS BONE AND JOINT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Woodridge Orthopaedic Clinic and Spine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Pedicle screw; Thoracic pedicle; Thoracic scoliosis; Thoracic vertebral morphology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034665136     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200009150-00005     Document Type: Article

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