70% Screw Misplacement, NASS's Fall Offensive, and more (Orthopedics This Week)
Screw Misplacement in 70% of Cases?!
Researchers from New York have just presented their paper, “Burying One’s Head in the Sand: Are We Underestimating the Significance of Pedicle Screw Misplacement?” Terry D. Amaral, M.D. is chief of pediatric orthopaedic surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center and assistant professor of surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He tells OTW, “We have ‘come a long way, baby’ as far as fixation, and there is now a push to do all of these surgeries as pedicle screw constructs. M...
