Use of computed tomographic reconstruction to establish the ideal entry point for pedicle screws in idiopathic scoliosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-30

  Su, Peiqiang ^a   Zhang, Wentong ^b   Peng, Yan ^c   Liang, Anjing ^c   Du, Kaili ^c   Huang, Dongsheng ^c  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xiamen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Entry point; Pedicle screw; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED FREE HAND TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE HAND TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862858388     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1962-8     Document Type: Article

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