Reliability and consequences of intraoperative 3D imaging to control positions of thoracic pedicle screws

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1371-1377

  Beck, Markus ^a   Rotter, Robert ^b   Gradl, Georg ^b   Herlyn, Philipp ^b   Kröber, Markus ^c   Mittlmeier, Thomas ^b   Gierer, Philip ^b  

^a ST BERNWARD KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c Klinik St Anna   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D image intensifier; Imaging studies; Intraoperative three dimensional imaging; Pedicle screw; Reliability; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE INJURY; THORACIC SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866902654     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-012-1555-y     Document Type: Article

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