Surgical treatment of the osteoporotic spine with bone cement-injectable cannulated pedicle screw fixation: technical description and preliminary application in 43 patients

Surgical treatment of the osteoporotic spine with bone cement-injectable cannulated pedicle screw fixation: technical description and preliminary application in 43 patients

OBJECTIVES: To describe a new approach for the application of polymethylmethacrylate augmentation of bone cement-injectable cannulated pedicle screws. METHODS: Between June 2010 and February 2013, 43 patients with degenerative spinal disease and osteoporosis (T-score <-2.5) underwent lumbar fusio...

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Main Authors: Fei Dai, Yaoyao Liu, Fei Zhang, Dong Sun, Fei Luo, Zehua Zhang, Jianzhong Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2015-02-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
PMMA
Pedicle Screw
Osteoporosis
Lumbar Stenosis
Degenerative Lumbar Surgery
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