Complications of pedicle screws in lumbar and lumbosacral fusions in 105 consecutive primary operations

European Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 594-598

  Jutte, P C ^a,b   Castelein, R M ^a  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complications; Fusion; Instrumentation; Pedicle screw; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036458441     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-002-0469-8     Document Type: Article

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