Hook-rod with pedicle screw fixation for unstable spinal fracture: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 117-121

  Stančić, Marin F ^a,b   Mićović, Vladimir ^a   Potočnjak, Mark ^a  

^a General Hospital   (Croatia)

^b NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Annulotaxis; Burst fracture; Fixation; Hook rod system; Lumbar spine; Pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0342680139     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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