Thoracic pedicle screws: Comparison of start points and trajectories

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2675-2681

  Dhawan, Aman ^a,c   Klemme, William R ^a   Polly, David W ^a,b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided surgery; Pedicle screw; Start points; Thoracic spine; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; AGED; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 58949085195     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181895fea     Document Type: Article

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