Complications and problems related to pedicle screw fixation of the spine

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 411, Issue , 2003, Pages 86-94

  Katonis, Pavlos ^a,c   Christoforakis, Joseph ^a   Aligizakis, Agisilaos C ^a   Papadopoulos, Charalampos ^a   Sapkas, George ^b   Hadjipavlou, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; BONE PAIN; BONE SCREW; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0038241882     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000068761.86536.1d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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