A novel method of screw placement for extremely small thoracic pedicles in scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Choon Sung ^a   Park, Soo An ^b   Hwang, Chang Ju ^a   Kim, Dong Joon ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Kim, Yung Tae ^a   Lee, Mi Young ^a   Yoon, So Jung ^a   Lee, Dong Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

extremely small pedicle; medial margin targeting method; pedicle screw placement; posteroanterior C arm rotation method; scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; C ARM FLUOROSCOPE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DEVICE SAFETY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL MARGING TARGETING METHOD; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SCREW PLACEMENT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960699719     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ffeea2     Document Type: Article

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