The "shadow Sign": A radiographic differentiation of stainless steel versus titanium spinal instrumentation in spine surgery

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 875-877

  Jones Quaidoo, Sean M ^a   Novicoff, Wendy ^a   Park, Andrew ^a   Arlet, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

radiograph; radiolucent; radiopaque; shadow sign; spine instrumentation; stainless steel; titanium

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE SURGERY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81855185877     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e31822e024a     Document Type: Article

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