A retrospective analysis of pedicle screws in contact with the great vessels

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 403-406

  Foxx III, Kenneth C ^a   Kwak, Roy C ^a,b   Latzman, Jonathan M ^a   Samadani, Uzma ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Complication; Iliac artery; Pedicle screw; Retrospective study; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDICLE SCREW; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC SPINE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SACRUM; SPINE; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRA;

AORTA; BONE SCREWS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956416775     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09657     Document Type: Article

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