Thoracic pedicle screw placement: Analysis using anatomical landmarks without image guidance

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 582-586

  Elliott, Michael J ^a,b   Slakey, C D R Joseph B ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver study; Freehand technique; Pedicle screws; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NERVE ROOT; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SAFETY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL CURVATURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34250806064     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpb.0000279030.59150.13     Document Type: Article

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