Combined S-1 and S-2 sacral alar-iliac screws as a salvage technique for pelvic fixation after pseudarthrosis and lumbosacropelvic instability Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-330

  Mattei, Tobias A ^a   Fassett, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformity surgery; Iliac bolts; Iliac wing screws; Pelvic ixation; Pseudarthrosis; Sacral alar iliac screws; Spinal disorders; Technique

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; PARACETAMOL; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884476403     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.SPINE121118     Document Type: Article

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