Alignment of pedicle screws with pilot holes: Can tapping improve screw trajectory in thoracic spines?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Erkan, Serkan ^a   Hsu, Brian ^b   Wu, Chunhui ^c   Mehbod, Amir A ^b   Perl, John ^d   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^c Foundation for the Advancement of Spinal Knowledge   (United States)

^d ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pedicle screw; Tapping; Thoracic spine; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

STEEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WIRE FIXATION;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75049085560     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1063-0     Document Type: Article

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