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Alignment of pedicle screws with pilot holes: can tapping improve screw trajectory in thoracic spines?

Pedicle screws are placed using pilot holes. The trajectory of pilot holes can be verified by pedicle sounding or radiographs. However, a pilot hole alone does not insure that the screw will follow the pilot hole. No studies have characterized the risk of misalignment of a pedicle screw with respect...

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Main Authors: Erkan, Serkan, Hsu, Brian, Wu, Chunhui, Mehbod, Amir A., Perl, John, Transfeldt, Ensor E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2899740/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19526377
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-009-1063-0
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