Accuracy of pedicle screw placement for upper and middle thoracic pathologies without coronal plane spinal deformity using conventional methods

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 436-441

  Guzey, Feyza Karagoz ^a,b   Emel, Erhan ^a   Hakan Seyithanoglu, M ^a   Serdar Bas, N ^a   Ozkan, Nezih ^a   Sel, Baris ^a   Aycan, Abdurrahman ^a   Alatas, Ibrahim ^a  

^a VAKIF GUREBA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pedicle screw; Spinal fixation; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746863269     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200608000-00011     Document Type: Article

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