An evaluation of halo pin insertion torque on outer table penetration in elderly patients

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-181

  Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a   Liu, Jiayong ^a   Patil, Vishwas ^a   Hiltner, Laura ^a   Shapiro, Anna ^a   Zamary, Kirellos R ^a   Dick, David C ^a   Yeasting, Richard A ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Halo pin; Outer table; Pin penetration; Skull

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HALO PIN; HALO VEST; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SPINE STABILIZATION; THICKNESS; TORQUE; AGE; AGING; BRAIN INJURY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRANIOTOMY; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FALLING; HISTOLOGY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINE FRACTURE; STANDARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN INJURIES; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRANIOTOMY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SKULL; SPINAL FRACTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE;

EID: 67651149811     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181690250     Document Type: Article

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