Implant removal after posterior stabilization of the thoraco-lumbar spine

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-123

  Stavridis, Stavros I ^a,d   Bücking, Petra ^b   Schaeren, Stefan ^c   Jeanneret, Bernhard ^c   Schnake, Klaus John ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital Herten GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Center for Spine Surgery and Neurotraumatology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Implant removal; Pedicle screws; Thoraco lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE DISCOMFORT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71449121121     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0962-1     Document Type: Article

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