Freehand thoracic pedicle screw technique using a uniform entry point and sagittal trajectory for all levels: Preliminary clinical experience - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 778-784

  Fennell, Vernard S ^a   Palejwala, Sheri ^a   Skoch, Jesse ^a   Stidd, David A ^a   Baaj, Ali A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Freehand technique; Thoracic fusion; Thoracic pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FREEHAND THORACIC PEDICLE SCREW TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LATERAL MARGIN OF THE SUPERIOR ARTICULATING PROCESS; MEDIAL ANGULATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PEDICLE SCREW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAGITTAL TRAJECTORY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSVERSE PROCESS; UNIFORM ENTRY POINT; VERTEBRA BODY; DEVICES; FEMALE; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY; VERTEBRA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDICLE SCREWS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84922394553     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.7.SPINE1489     Document Type: Article

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