Pedicle screw [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Pedicle screw ======
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[[Pedicle]] [[screw]]s are the most ubiquitous method of treating spinal pathologies requiring [[lumbar fusion]]. 

The use of [[pedicle]] [[screw]]s has become popular during the 1990s, first in applications involving the [[lumbar spine]] and subsequently in [[thoracic spine]] surgery. 

[[Monoaxial Screw]]

[[Polyaxial Screw]]

===Screw pullout===

see [[Anchored screw]]

see [[Cervical pedicle screw]]

see [[Thoracic pedicle screw]]

see [[S1 pedicle screw]]

===== Placement =====

[[Pedicle screw placement]].

====Complications====
Neurological symptoms are likely associated only with severe [[screw misplacement]]
((Nevzati E, Marbacher S, Soleman J, Perrig WN, Diepers M, Khamis A, Fandino J. 
Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement in the Thoracic and Lumbosacral Spine Using a
Conventional Intraoperative Fluoroscopy-Guided Technique: A National
Neurosurgical Education and Training Centre Analysis of 1236 Consecutive Screws. 
World Neurosurg. 2014 Jun 17. pii: S1878-8750(14)00569-5. doi:
10.1016/j.wneu.2014.06.023. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 24954252.)).