Intralaminar screw insertion of thoracic spine in children with severe spinal deformities

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Lewis, Stephen J ^a   Canavese, Federico ^a   Keetbaas, Shayne ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Intralaminar screw; Severe spinal deformities; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; KYPHOSIS; MENINGOCELE; METHODOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MENINGOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649403871     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318194ece1     Document Type: Article

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