ArticleGlobal spine journal2024
Influence of Pedicle Screw Insertion Depth on Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Radiological Significance of Deeper Screw Placement.
Article in Global spine journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Verification of ideal screw size, trajectory, and shape for single and double endplate penetrating screw trajectories using osteoporotic vertebral body models based on the finite element method.Asian spine journal · 2026Article
- Comparing fusion and complication rates after instrumented versus uninstrumented fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis: A systematic review and meta analysis of randomized controlled trials with trial sequential analysis.Journal of orthopaedics · 2025Review
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- Clinical and radiologic outcomes and complications of unilateral S2AI screw fixation in adult spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2025Article
- Patient-specific mechanical analysis of pedicle screw insertion in simulated osteoporotic spinal bone models derived from medical images.Asian spine journal · 2024Article
- Implications of navigation in thoracolumbar pedicle screw placement on screw accuracy and screw diameter/pedicle width ratio.Brain & spine · 2023Article
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Abstract
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designRetrospective case series.
objectivesTo investigate the influence of screw size on achieving bone fusion in posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF).
methodsIn total, 137 consecutive patients with L4 degenerative spondylolisthesis who underwent single-level PLIF at L4-L5 were evaluated. Factors investigated for their contribution to bone fusion included: 1) age, 2) sex, 3) body mass index, 4) bone mineral density, 5) intervertebral mobility, 6) screw diameter, 7) screw length, 8) screw fitness in the pedicle (%fill), 9) screw depth in the vertebra (%depth), 10) screw angle, 11) facetectomy, 12) crosslink connector, and 13) cage material.
resultsBone fusion was confirmed in 88.2% of patients. The comparison between fusion (+) and fusion (-) groups showed no significant differences in screw size. The %fill and %length were significantly greater in the fusion (+) group than in the fusion (-) group (%fill: 58.5% ± 7.5% vs 52.3% ± 7.3%, respectively,
conclusionsScrew size should be determined based on the screw fitness in the pedicle (%fill > 60%) and screw insertion depth in the vertebral body (%depth > 54.2%) according to individual vertebral anatomy in L4-L5 PLIF.
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