Significance of the pars interarticularis in the cortical bone trajectory screw technique: An in vivo insertional torque study

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 901-906

  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

Cortical bone trajectory; Insertional torque; Pars interarticularis; Spondylolysis; Vertebral degeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994772100     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2016.10.5.901     Document Type: Article

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