Accuracy of pedicle screw placement in the thoracic and lumbosacral spine using a conventional intraoperative fluoroscopy-guided technique: A national neurosurgical education and training center analysis of 1236 consecutive screws

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 866-871.e2

  Nevzati, Edin ^a   Marbacher, Serge ^a   Soleman, Jehuda ^a   Perrig, Wolfgang Nicolas ^a   Diepers, Michael ^a   Khamis, Abdussalam ^a   Fandino, Javier ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Lumbar spine; Pedicle screw; Screw misplacement; Spinal fusion; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY GUIDED TRANSPEDICULAR SCREW FIXATION; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGEON; PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION DEVICE; PROSTHESIS DISLOCATION; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACIC SPINE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; DEVICES; EDUCATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PEDICLE SCREWS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84925551164     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.06.023     Document Type: Review

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