Polymethylmethacrylate augmentation of pedicle screws increases the initial fixation in osteoporotic spine patients

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sawakami, Kimihiko ^a   Yamazaki, Akiyoshi ^b   Ishikawa, Seiichi ^a   Ito, Takui ^a   Watanabe, Kei ^b   Endo, Naoto ^c  

^a NIIGATA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Niigata Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

clear zone; osteoporotic vertebral fracture; pedicle screw fixation; polymethylmethacrylate augmentation; vertebral pseudarthrosis

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE CEMENTS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859636314     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318228bbed     Document Type: Article

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