Reduction in radiation (fluoroscopy) while maintaining safe placement of pedicle screws during lumbar spine fusion

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Chaput, Christopher D ^a   George, Keri ^b   Samdani, Amer F ^c   Williams, John I ^d   Gaughan, John ^e   Betz, Randal R ^c  

^a Temple Clinic   (United States)

^b SpineGuard Inc   (United States)

^c Parkview Hospital ^*

^d Parkview Hospital   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICLE DRILLING DEVICE; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL DRILL;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867023933     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182666adc     Document Type: Article

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