The significance of radiolucent zones surrounding pedicle screws. Definition of screw loosening in spinal instrumentation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 457-461

  Sanden B ^a   Olerud, C ^a   Petren Mallmin M ^a   Johansson, C ^b   Larsson, S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 2342442094     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.86B3.14323     Document Type: Article

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