Incidence and clinical significance of vascular encroachment resulting from freehand placement of pedicle screws in the thoracic and lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 683-687

  Parker, Scott L ^a   Amin, Anubhav G ^b   Santiago Dieppa, David ^b   Liauw, Jason A ^b   Bydon, Ali ^b   Sciubba, Daniel M ^b   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^b   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^b   Witham, Timothy F ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Aortic injury; Pedicle screw; Spinal fusion; Spine; Vascular encroachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINE FIXATION DEVICE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; AGED; BONE SCREW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; BALTIMORE; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

EID: 84921955060     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000221     Document Type: Article

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