Thoracic pedicle screw fixation in spinal deformities: Are they really safe?

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2049-2057

  Suk, S I ^a   Kim, W J ^a   Lee, S M ^a   Kim, J H ^a   Chung, E R ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pedicle screw fixation; Thoracic, spine deformity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0035884966     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200109150-00022     Document Type: Article

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