Thoracic pedicle screws: Postoperative computerized tomography scanning assessment

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 325-331

  Heary, Robert F ^a   Bono, Christopher M ^b   Black, Margaret ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Pedicle screw; Spinal fixation; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE TUMOR; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 1642385046     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2004.100.4.0325     Document Type: Article

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