Stress fracture of the lumbar pedicle bilaterally: Surgical repair using a percutaneous minimally invasive technique - Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 724-728

  Johnson, Jeremiah N ^a   Wang, Michael Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Minimally invasive approach; Neural arch; Pedicle; Spondylolysis; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PEDICLE FRACTURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SITTING; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; STRESS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

BONE SCREWS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73249153176     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.SPINE08373     Document Type: Article

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