Is it safer to place pedicle screws in the lower thoracic spine than in the upper lumbar spine?

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-54

  Ofiram, Elisha ^a   Polly, David W ^a,d   Gilbert Jr , Thomas J ^b   Choma, Theodore J ^c  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b Center For Diagnostic Imaging Minnesota   (United States)

^c EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Isthmic pedicle width; Lumbar; MRI; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLE SCREW; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33846075424     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000251040.34221.63     Document Type: Article

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