Inter- and intra-observer reliability of measurement of pedicle screw breach assessed by postoperative CT scans

International Journal of Spine Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lavelle, William F ^a   Ranade, Ashish ^b   Samdani, Amer F ^c   Gaughan, John P ^d   D'Andrea, Linda P ^e   Betz, Randal R ^f  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEENANATH MANGESHKAR HOSPITAL   (India)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Brandywine Institute of Orthopaedics   (United States)

^f Department of Orthopedic Surgery Institute for Spine and Scoliosis   (United States)

Author keywords

CT imaging; Inter intra observer reliability; Pedicle screw breach

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREW MALPOSITION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 84974698848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22114599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14444/1011     Document Type: Article

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