Minimally invasive direct repair of lumbar spondylolysis with a pedicle screw and hook construct

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Noggle, Joseph C ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a,d   Samdani, Amer F ^b   Anderson, D Greg ^c   Betz, Randal R ^b   Asghar, Jahangir ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Shriners Hospital

^c ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct surgical repair; Minimally invasive surgery; Screw and hook construct; Spondylolyis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 56649107760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/8/E15     Document Type: Article

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