The contribution of an electronic conductivity device to the safety of pedicle screw insertion in scoliosis surgery

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Ovadia, Dror ^a   Korn, Akiva ^b   Fishkin, Michael ^a   Steinberg, David M ^b   Wientroub, Shlomo ^a   Ofiram, Elisha ^c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TLM Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

electronic conductivity device; pedicle screws; scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY DEVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONITOR; NEUROMONITORING; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CLINICAL ALARMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE;

EID: 80052661453     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31822a82ec     Document Type: Article

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