Scoliosis model created by pedicle screw tethering in immature goats: The feasibility, reliability, and complications

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2305-2310

  Zhang, Yong Gang ^a   Zheng, Guo Quan ^a   Zhang, Xue Song ^a   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Animal model; Experimental scoliosis; Growth potential; Posterior tethering; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; GROWTH CURVE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB RESECTION; SCOLIOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GOATS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349841114     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b1fdd0     Document Type: Article

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