Placement of pedicle screws in thoracic idiopathic scoliosis: A magnetic resonance imaging analysis of screw placement relative to structures at risk

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 657-662

  Şarlak, Ahmet Yilmaz ^a   Buluç, Levent ^a   Sarisoy, Hasan Tahsin ^a   Memişoǧlu, Kaya ^a   Tosun, Bilgehan ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aorta; Pedicle screw; Pleura; Spinal cord; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLE SCREW; PLEURA; PLEURA DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA, THORACIC; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 43149097597     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0639-4     Document Type: Article

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