Accuracy and safety of fluoroscopic guided percutaneous pedicle screws in thoracic and lumbosacral spine: A review of 2000 screws

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2015, Pages E954-E963

  Hansen Algenstaedt, Nils ^a,b   Chiu, Chee Kidd ^c   Chan, Chris Yin Wei ^c   Lee, Chee Kean ^c   Schaefer, Christian ^a,d   Kwan, Mun Keong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Parkklinik Manhagen   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d Rheumaklinik Bad Bramstedt   (Germany)

Author keywords

accuracy; breach; complication; lumbosacral; minimal invasive; pedicle screw; percutaneous; perforation; safety; spine; thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS PEDICLE SCREW; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACIC SPINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; PROCEDURES; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY; THORACIC VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICLE SCREWS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84941000858     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000958     Document Type: Article

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