Pedicle screw instrumentation and spinal deformities: Have we gone too far?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  McCormick, John ^a   Aebi, Max ^b   Toby, David ^c   Arlet, Vincent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Costs; Pedicle screw; Safety; Spinal deformities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PARAPLEGIA; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORACIC SPINE; ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREW; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 84883023302     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2300-5     Document Type: Article

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