Cortical Bone Trajectory for Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement: A Review of Published Reports

Orthopaedic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 213-221

  Phan, Kevin ^a,b   Hogan, Jarred ^a,b   Maharaj, Monish ^a,b   Mobbs, Ralph J ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Neuro Spine Surgery Research Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical bone trajectory; Cortical screw; Medio lateral superior trajectory; Pedicle fixation; Pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEVICES; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MATERIALS TESTING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEDICLE SCREW; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PEDICLE SCREWS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84942105402     PISSN: 17577853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/os.12185     Document Type: Review

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