Accuracy and safety of thoracic pedicle screw placement in spinal deformities

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 522-526

  Smorgick, Yossi ^a,b   Millgram, Michael A ^b   Anekstein, Yoram ^a   Floman, Yizhar ^b   Mirovsky, Yigal ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pedicular screws; Spinal deformity; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KYPHOSIS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICS; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644875119     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000154448.90707.a8     Document Type: Article

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