Correlative analysis of the results of surgical treatment of thoracolumbar injuries with long Texas Scottish Rite Hospital construct: Is the use of pedicle screws versus hooks advantageous in the lumbar spine?

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-205

  Korovessis, Panagiotis ^a   Baikousis, Andreas ^a   Koureas, Georgios ^a   Zacharatos, Spyridon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hooks; Pedicle screws; Spinal canal encroachment; Texas Scottish Rite Hospital; Thoracolumbar fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRAL CANAL; X RAY PICTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; TEXAS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942574282     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200406000-00006     Document Type: Article

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