Diameter, length, and direction of pedicle screws for scoliotic spine: Analysis by multiplanar reconstruction of computed tomography

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 798-803

  Takeshita, Katsushi ^a   Maruyama, Toru ^b   Chikuda, Hirotaka ^a   Shoda, Naoki ^a   Seichi, Atsushi ^a   Ono, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Department of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Multiplanar reconstruction; Pedicle screw; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; JAPANESE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650338314     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181895c36     Document Type: Article

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