The safe placement of upper and middle thoracic pedicle screws in pediatric deformity

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-59

  Xie, Jingming ^a   Wang, Yingsong ^a   Zhao, Zhi ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

pediatric; pedicle screw; thoracic vertebrae

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BONE SCREWS; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951670337     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181d4c877     Document Type: Article

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