Fluoroscopy for transpedicular screw placement in scoliosis: To what extent can radiation exposure be reduced by the freehand technique?

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-348

  Ege, Tolga ^a   Bilgic, Serkan ^a   Koca, Kenan ^a   Oguz, Erbil ^a   Kilic, Erden ^a   Kose, Ozkan ^b   Sehirlioglu, Ali ^a   Kazanci, Atilla ^c   Ersen, Omer ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Antalya Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Yenimahalle State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy; Instrumentation; Radiation dosage; Scolisosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878892368     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.7016-12.1     Document Type: Article

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