Cortical bone trajectory for lumbosacral fixation: Penetrating S-1 endplate screw technique: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-209

  Matsukawa, Keitaro ^a   Yato, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kato, Takashi ^a   Imabayashi, Hideaki ^a   Asazuma, Takashi ^b   Nemoto, Koichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MURAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical bone trajectory; Insertional torque; Lumbar bicortical sacral screw; Lumbosacral fixation; Sacral endplate; Sacrum; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE TRAJECTORY; DEVICE SAFETY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FORCE; FRICTION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ENDING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDICLE SCREW; PLATE FIXATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORQUE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERY ELDERLY;

BMD = BONE MINERAL DENSITY; CBT = CORTICAL BONE TRAJECTORY; CORTICAL BONE TRAJECTORY; INSERTIONAL TORQUE; LUMBARBICORTICAL SACRAL SCREW; LUMBOSACRAL FIXATION; PES = PENETRATING S-1 ENDPLATE SCREW; SACRAL ENDPLATE; SACRUM; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905495112     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.3.SPINE13665     Document Type: Article

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