Pedicle screw placement accuracy: A meta-analysis

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Kosmopoulos, Victor ^a   Schizas, Constantin ^a  

^a Hopital Orthopedique de la Suisse Romande   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Evaluation; Image guided surgery; Measurement; Navigation; Pedicle screw; Position; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DATA BASE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW PLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33846683025     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000254048.79024.8b     Document Type: Article

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