Clinically relevant complications related to pedicle screw placement in thoracolumbar surgery and their management: A literature review of 35,630 pedicle screws

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gautschi, Oliver P ^a   Schatlo, Bawarjan ^a   Schaller, Karl ^a   Tessitore, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Management; Misplaced screw; Neurological complication; Pedicle screw; Thoracolumbar surgery

Indexed keywords

BONE SCREW; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VERTEBRA;

BONE SCREWS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 82155173291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.7.FOCUS11168     Document Type: Article

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