Screw loosening in the Dynesys stabilization system: Radiographic evidence and effect on outcomes

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Ko, Chin Chu ^a   Tsai, Hsiao Wen ^a   Huang, Wen Cheng ^a   Wu, Jau Ching ^a   Chen, Yu Chun ^a,b   Shih, Yang Hsin ^a   Chen, Hung Chieh ^a   Wu, Ching Lan ^a   Cheng, Henrich ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic stabilization; Dynesys; Lumbar spondylosis; Screw loosening; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLOSIS; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956198089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.FOCUS1052     Document Type: Article

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