Insertional torque of the lumbar pedicle screw during surgery

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-136

  Ozawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   Yamagata, Masatsune ^a   Ohtori, Seiji ^a   Aoki, Yasuchika ^a   Saito, Tomoko ^a   Inoue, Gen ^a   Ito, Toshinori ^a   Moriya, Hideshige ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insertional torque; Pedicle screw; Posterolateral fusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TORQUE;

EID: 17644386834     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-004-0883-3     Document Type: Article

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