Pedicle screw loosening in dynamic stabilization: Incidence, risk, and outcome in 126 patients

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Wu, Jau Ching ^a   Huang, Wen Cheng ^a   Tsai, Hsiao Wen ^a   Ko, Chin Chu ^a   Wu, Ching Lan ^a   Tu, Tsung Hsi ^a   Cheng, Henrich ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Dynamic stabilization; Dynesys; Osseointegration; Screw loosening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82155162798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.7.FOCUS11125     Document Type: Article

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