A comparative study on screw loosening in osteoporotic lumbar spine fusion between expandable and conventional pedicle screws

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-476

  Wu, Zi Xiang ^a   Gong, Fu Tai ^b   Liu, Li ^c   Ma, Zhen Sheng ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Zhao, Xiong ^a   Yang, Min ^a   Lei, Wei ^a   Sang, Hong Xun ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xi'an Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^c Baoji Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical studys; Osteoporosis; Pedicle screws; Screw loosening; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUMBAR SPINE FUSION; LUMBAR SPINE STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIAXIAL EXPANDABLE PEDICLE SCREW; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862836105     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-011-1439-6     Document Type: Article

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