The risks of pedicle wall breech with larger screws after undertapping

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 570-574

  Chin, Kingsley R ^a   Gibson, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breech; Pedicle; Pullout; Screw; Tapping; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PEDICLE SCREW; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 34748818024     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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