Differences in bone mineral density of fixation points between lumbar cortical and traditional pedicle screws

Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 835-841

  Mai, Harry T ^a   Mitchell, Sean M ^a   Hashmi, Sohaib Z ^a   Jenkins, Tyler J ^a   Patel, Alpesh A ^a   Hsu, Wellington K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Cortical bone trajectory screw; Hounsfield units; Lumbar cortical screw; Lumbar pedicle screw; Quantitative computed tomogaphy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL BONE TRAJECTORY PEDICLE SCREW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRADITIONAL LUMBAR PEDICLE SCREW; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICLE SCREWS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84954306152     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.11.034     Document Type: Article

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