The development of whole blood titanium levels after instrumented spinal fusion - Is there a correlation between the number of fused segments and titanium levels?

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ipach, Ingmar ^a   Schäfer, Ralf ^a   Mittag, Falk ^a   Leichtle, Carmen ^a   Wolf, Petra ^b   Kluba, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interbody devices; Pedicle screws; Spinal fusion; Titanium serum levels

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE SCREWS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865317036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-159     Document Type: Article

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