Cortical bone trajectory for thoracic pedicle screws

Clinical Spine Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2017, Pages E497-E504

  Matsukawa, Keitaro ^a   Yato, Yoshiyuki ^c   Hynes, Richard A ^a   Imabayashi, Hideaki ^a   Hosogane, Naobumi ^a   Asazuma, Takashi ^c   Matsui, Toshiyasu ^b   Kobayashi, Yasushi ^b   Nemoto, Koichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MURAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical bone trajectory; insertion technique; insertional torque; lower thoracic vertebra; thoracic pedicle screw; thoracolumbar fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MICROARCHITECTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL BONE TRAJECTORY; HUMAN; INSERTION TECHNIQUE; INSERTIONAL TORQUE; LUMBAR SPINE; PEDICLE SAGITTAL ANGLE; PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION DEVICE; PEDICLE TRANSVERSE ANGLE; PEDICLE WIDTH; SCREW FIXATION STABILITY; THORACIC PEDICLE SCREW; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TORQUE; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICLE SCREW; SURGERY; THORACIC VERTEBRA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDICLE SCREWS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TORQUE;

EID: 85019929296     PISSN: 23800186     EISSN: 23800194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000130     Document Type: Article

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