Expandable pedicle screw trajectory in cadaveric lumbar vertebra: An evaluation using microcomputed tomography

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 313-317

  Wan, Shi Yong ^a   Wu, Zi Xiang ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Liu, Da ^a   Gao, Ming Xuan ^a   Fu, Suo Chao ^a   Shi, Lei ^a   Lei, Wei ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bone volume over total volume (BV TV); expandable pedicle screw (EPS); micro CT; pedicle; trajectory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; EXPANDABLE PEDICLE SCREW; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960015655     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181f9a5f5     Document Type: Article

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