Complications of pedicle screw fixation in scoliosis surgery: A systematic review

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Hicks, John M ^a   Singla, Amit ^b   Shen, Francis H ^a   Arlet, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Pediatric deformity; Pedicle screws; Review

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; NAUSEA; PARAPLEGIA; PEDICLE SCREW; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; STERNUM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX SURGERY; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77952369629     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d1021a     Document Type: Review

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