Hounsfield units value is a better predictor of pedicle screw loosening than the T-score of DXA in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases

Value of standard radiographs, CT and MRI of the lumbar spine in detection of intraoperatively confirmed pedicle screw loosening – a prospective clinical trial

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Measurement Techniques and Utility of Hounsfield Unit Values for Assessment of Bone Quality Prior to Spinal Instrumentation

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The use of CT Hounsfield unit values to identify the undiagnosed spinal osteoporosis in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases

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Clinical Use of Opportunistic Computed Tomography Screening for Osteoporosis

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Predictive validity of preoperative CT scans and the risk of pedicle screw loosening in spinal surgery

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Pedicle screw augmentation in osteoporotic spine: indications, limitations and technical aspects

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Inter-observer and inter-examination variability of manual vertebral bone attenuation measurements on computed tomography

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

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Pedicle screw loosening: a clinically relevant complication?

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Executive Summary of the 2015 ISCD Position Development Conference on Advanced Measures From DXA and QCT: Fracture Prediction Beyond BMD

(2015) John A. Shepherd et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY

Bone Mineral Density Values Derived from Routine Lumbar Spine Multidetector Row CT Predict Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures and Screw Loosening

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Opportunistic Screening for Osteoporosis Using Abdominal Computed Tomography Scans Obtained for Other Indications

(2013) Perry J. Pickhardt et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Failures and revisions in surgery for sagittal imbalance: analysis of factors influencing failure

(2013) P. Berjano et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Comparison of Teriparatide and Bisphosphonate Treatment to Reduce Pedicle Screw Loosening After Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery in Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis From a Bone Quality Perspective

(2013) Seiji Ohtori et al.   SPINE

Comparison between two pedicle screw augmentation instrumentations in adult degenerative scoliosis with osteoporosis

(2011) Yang Xie et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Instrumented lumbar arthrodesis in elderly patients: prospective study using cannulated cemented pedicle screw instrumentation

(2011) Angel R. Piñera et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Radiographic Evaluation of Monocortical Versus Tricortical Purchase Approaches in Lumbosacral Fixation With Sacral Pedicle Screws

(2010) Sumihisa Orita et al.   SPINE

Clinical Course and Significance of the Clear Zone Around the Pedicle Screws in the Lumbar Degenerative Disease

(2008) Yasuaki Tokuhashi et al.   SPINE