Pneumothorax complicating "in-out-in" thoracic pedicle screw placement for kyphotic deformity correction in a child: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 379-384

  Viswanathan, Ashwin ^a   Relyea, Katherine ^a   Whitehead, William E ^a   Curry, Daniel J ^a   Luerssen, Thomas G ^a   Jea, Andrew ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Pedicle screw; Pneumothorax; Spinal deformity; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LAMINOPLASTY; ORTHOSIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACIC SPINE; BONE SCREW; INSTRUMENTATION; KYPHOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA;

BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 58149373705     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED.2008.2.12.379     Document Type: Article

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