Cadaver training module for teaching thoracic pedicle screw placement to residents

Orthopedics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Tortolani, P Justin ^a   Moatz, Bradley W ^a   Parks, Brent G ^a   Cunningham, Bryan W ^b   Sefter, John ^c   Kretzer, Ryan M ^b,d  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

^c Scoliosis and Spine Center   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; PILOT STUDY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TRAINING; VERTEBRA BODY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885748710     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20130821-13     Document Type: Article

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