Percutaneous "K-wireless" pedicle screw fixation technique: An evaluation of the initial experience of 100 screws with assessment of accuracy, radiation exposure, and procedure time

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 422-431

  Spitz, Steven M ^a   Sandhu, Faheem A ^a   Voyadzis, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

K wire; K wireless; Minimally invasive; Percutaneous pedicle screw; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOLOGIST; REOPERATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; BONE SCREW; BONE WIRE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SACRUM; SPINE FUSION;

BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84929940303     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.11.SPINE14181     Document Type: Article

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