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“Satellite pedicle screws” - A novel technique of pedicle screw insertion in obese patients undergoing lumbar fusion

The presence of thick sub-cutaneous fat and bulky paraspinal musculature mandates extensive surgical dissection in obese patients undergoing open Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery. Securing a ‘converging’ pedicle screw trajectory becomes difficult by the counterforces of the erector spi...

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Autores principales: Kanna, Rishi M., Shetty, Ajoy P., Rajasekaran, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10165253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37168418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100198