Clinical accuracy of cervicothoracic pedicle screw placement: A comparison of the "open" lamino-foraminotomy and computer-assisted techniques

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Lee, Gabriel Y F ^a,b   Massicotte, Eric M ^a   Raja Rampersaud, Y ^a,c  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Medtronic Sofamor Danek ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervicothoracic junction; Clinical accuracy; Computer assisted; Image guidance; Pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846886691     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000211239.21835.ad     Document Type: Article

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