Percutaneous pedicle screws significantly decrease muscle damage and operative time: Surgical technique makes a difference!

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1398-

  Dickerman, Rob D ^a   Reynolds, Ashley S ^a   Tackett, Jennifer ^a   Winters, Karl ^a   Alvarado, Cecilio ^a  

^a TEXAS BACK INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

BLEEDING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SHEEP; SPINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME;

EID: 53149098188     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0714-x     Document Type: Letter

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