Structures at risk from pedicle screws in the proximal thoracic spine: Computed tomography evaluation

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 905-909

  Cardoso, Mario J ^a   Helgeson, Melvin D ^a   Paik, Haines ^a   Dmitriev, Anton E ^a   Lehman Jr , Ronald A ^a   Rosner, Michael K ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Pedicle screws; Thoracic spine; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSITION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THORACIC SPINE; TRACHEA; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BONE SCREWS; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 77957245737     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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