Assessment of Pedicle Screw Placement Utilizing Conventional Radiography and Computed Tomography: A Proposed Systematic Approach to Improve Accuracy of Interpretation

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 767-773

  Learch, Thomas J ^a   Massie, Jennifer B ^b   Pathria, Mini N ^b   Ahlgren, Bradley A ^b   Garfin, Steven R ^b  

^a USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed radiography; Pedicle screws; Radiography; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1842564006     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000112071.69448.A1     Document Type: Article

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