Safety of supplemental endplate screws in thoracic pedicle hook fixation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-35

  Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a,b   Dekutoski, Mark B ^a   Kim, Choll W ^a   Quast, Lynn M ^a   Krauss, William E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endplate screw; Pedicle hook; Spinal fusion; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE MALFORMATION; SUPPLEMENTATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0037220734     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2003.98.1.0031     Document Type: Article

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