Surgical Stabilization of the Spine in the Osteoporotic Patient

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-249

  Dodwad, Shah Nawaz M ^a   Khan, Safdar N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Fusion; Osteoporosis; Surgical fixation

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; HYDROXYAPATITE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

COMPRESSION FRACTURE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOPLASTY; KYPHOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SCREW FIXATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; DIPHOSPHONATES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84876699427     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: 15581373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2013.01.008     Document Type: Review

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