Lumbar pedicle screw placement: Using only AP plane imaging

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 434-438

  Sethi, Anil ^a   Lee, Adrienne ^a   Vaidya, Rahul ^a  

^a DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AP imaging; fluoroscopy; Lumbar spine; pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864469885     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.98832     Document Type: Article

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