Ball tip technique for thoracic pedicle screw placement in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-252

  Watanabe, Kota ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Takashi Tsuji, Ken Ishii ^a   Takaishi, Hironari ^a   Nakamura, Masaya ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Ball tip technique; Posterior correction surgery; Thoracic pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALL TIP TECHNIQUE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955112913     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09497     Document Type: Article

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