Role of rod diameter in comparison between only screws versus hooks and screws in posterior instrumentation of thoracic curve in idiopathic scoliosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Lamartina, Claudio ^a   Petruzzi, Maria ^a   MacChia, Marcello ^a   Stradiotti, Paola ^a   Zerbi, Alberto ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Rod diameter; Selective thoracic posterior fusion; Thoracic hooks; Thoracic pedicle screws

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOOK; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956271698     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1757-y     Document Type: Article

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