Clear zone formation around screws in the early postoperative stages after posterior lumbar fusion using the cortical bone trajectory technique

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 884-888

  Ninomiya, Koshi ^a   Iwatsuki, Koichi ^a   Ohnishi, Yu Ichiro ^a   Ohkawa, Toshika ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clear zone; Cortical bone trajectory; Initial fixation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952664140     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2015.9.6.884     Document Type: Article

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