Safety and accuracy of pedicle screws and constructs placed in infantile and juvenile patients

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1645-1651

  Harimaya, Katsumi ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^c   Son Hing, Jochen P ^b   Bridwell, Keith H ^c   Schwend, Richard M ^d   Luhmann, Scott J ^c   Koester, Linda A ^c   Sides, Brenda A ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

infantile scoliosis; juvenile scoliosis; pedicle screws

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD DROP; FOOT DISEASE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; WOUND INFECTION;

BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 80052666159     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318225b8f9     Document Type: Article

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