Inserting pedicle screws in the upper thoracic spine without the use of fluoroscopy or image guidance. Is it safe?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 625-629

  Schizas, Constantin ^a   Theumann, Nicolas ^b   Kosmopoulos, Victor ^a  

^a Hopital Orthopedique de la Suisse Romande   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Imaging studies; Pedicle screws; Spine surgery; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248512369     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0262-1     Document Type: Article

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