Free-hand placement of high thoracic pedicle screws with the aid of fluoroscopy: Evaluation of positioning by CT scans in a four-year consecutive series;Colocação de parafusos pediculares na coluna torácica alta utilizando fluoroscopia: Avaliação do posicionamento dos parafusos por tomografia computadorizada em uma série de casos durante quatro anos

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 390-395

  Braga, Bruno Perocco ^a,b   de Morais, Josaphat Vilela ^b   Vilela, Marcelo Duarte ^c  

^a Hospital Mater Dei   (Brazil)

^b Hospital da Baleia   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicothoracic junction; Pedicle screws; Spinal instability; Thoracic spine; Transpedicular fixation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 77954610148     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2010000300012     Document Type: Article

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