Safe corridor for the implantation of thoracolumbar pedicle screws in growing pigs: A morphometric study.

The pig spine is widely used as a large animal model for preclinical research in human medicine to test new spinal implants and surgical procedures. Among them, pedicle screw is one of the most common method of fixation of those implants. However, the pedicle of the porcine vertebra is not as well d...

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Main Authors: Thibaut Cachon, Paul Pillard, Thierry Odent, Claude Carozzo, Eric Viguier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5653201?pdf=render