Clinical accuracy of cervical pedicle screw insertion using lateral fluoroscopy: A radiographic analysis of the learning curve

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1326-1334

  Yoshimoto, Hisashi ^a   Sato, Shigenobu ^a   Hyakumachi, Takahiko ^a   Yanagibashi, Yasushi ^a   Kanno, Taiki ^a   Masuda, Takeshi ^a  

^a Eniwa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cervical spine; Learning curve; Pedicle screw; Screw perforation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHETOSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FUSION; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349659518     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1109-3     Document Type: Article

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