Accuracy of upper thoracic pedicle screw placement using three-dimensional image guidance

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 817-821

  Bledsoe, Jonathan M ^a   Fenton, Doug ^b   Fogelson, Jeremy L ^a   Nottmeier, Eric W ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cervicothoracic fusion; Image guided; Pedicle screws; Three dimensional; Upper thoracic

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDICLE SCREW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 70249143892     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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