The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 12 , Pages 1024-1029 , December 2009

Transsacral screw fixation for high-grade spondylolisthesis

Received 2 December 2008 ,Revised 20 July 2009 ,Accepted 27 August 2009.

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 FDA device/drug status: approved for this indication (HMA screw; pedicle screw instrumentation).

 Author disclosures: none.

PII: S1529-9430(09)00844-4

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.08.456

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 12 , Pages 1024-1029 , December 2009

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