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Strategy for salvage pedicle screw placement: A technical note

BACKGROUND: Salvage surgery for failed lumbar spine fusion with a loosened pedicle screw is challenging. In general, the strategy includes replacement with larger and longer pedicle screws, augmentation with polymethylmethacrylate cement or hydroxyapatite granules, and extension of fused segments. T...

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Autores principales: Fujibayashi, Shunsuke, Takemoto, Mitsuru, Neo, Masashi, Matsuda, Shuichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier, Inc. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25694906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsp.2013.03.002