Randomized clinical study to compare the accuracy of navigated and non-navigated thoracic pedicle screws in deformity correction surgeries

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Rajasekaran, S ^a   Vidyadhara, S ^a   Ramesh, Perumal ^a   Shetty, Ajoy P ^a  

^a GANGA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Iso C; Kyphosis; Navigation; Pedicle screws; Scoliosis; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SCOLIOSIS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846239956     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000252094.64857.ab     Document Type: Article

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