Safety and efficacy of pedicle screw placement using intraoperative computed tomography: Consecutive series of 1148 pedicle screws

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 320-328

  Bydon, Mohamad ^a,b   Xu, Risheng ^a,b,c   Amin, Anubhav G ^a,b   Macki, Mohamed ^a,b   Kaloostian, Paul ^a,b   Sciubb, Daniel M ^a,b   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a,b   Bydon, Ali ^a,b   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a,b   Witham, Timothy F ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cervical; Fusion; Intraoperative CT; Lumbar; Pedicle screw; Safety; Spine surgery; Technique; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORACIC SPINE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL; EQUIPMENT; FUSION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRAOPERATIVE CT; LUMBAR; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SACRUM; SAFETY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

CERVICAL; FUSION; INTRAOPERATIVE CT; LUMBAR; PEDICLE SCREW; SAFETY; SPINE SURGERY; TECHNIQUE; THORACIC;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908128710     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.5.SPINE13567     Document Type: Article

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