Pedicle screw placement with a free hand technique in thoracolumbar spine: Is it safe?

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-67

  Karapinar, Levent ^a,b   Erel, Nuri ^a   Ozturk, Hasan ^a   Altay, Taskin ^a   Kaya, Ahmet ^a  

^a Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Menderes Cad No: 46/1 35140 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Pedicle screws; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SAFETY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; BONE SCREW; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; STANDARD; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45149096091     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181453dc6     Document Type: Article

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