Pedicle anatomy in a patient with severe early-onset scoliosis: Can pedicle screws be safely inserted?

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 360-363

  Gilbert Jr , Thomas J ^a   Winter, Robert B ^b,c  

^a Center For Diagnostic Imaging Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pedicle anatomy; Pedicle screws; Scoliosis; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COR PULMONALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PEDICLE SCREW; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORACIC SPINE; BONE SCREW; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SUDDEN DEATH; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32944465494     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000166641.61565.ed     Document Type: Article

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