A screw position change at an early postoperative stage preceding the subsequent occurrence of screw loosening.

Satoru TaniokaMasashi FujimotoHirofumi NishikawaFujimaro IshidaMasanori TsujiKatsuhiro TanakaYusuke KameiKeita KuraishiHidenori SuzukiMasaki Mizuno

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2020)

We calculated a cutoff value of the screw position changes at an early postoperative stage for the prediction of subsequent development of screw loosening with the radiographic lucent zone.

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