Is It Safe to Back Out Pedicle Screws After Augmentation With Polymethyl Methacrylate or Calcium Phosphate Cement? - Concepedia

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Is It Safe to Back Out Pedicle Screws After Augmentation With Polymethyl Methacrylate or Calcium Phosphate Cement?

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2010

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Woojin Cho, Chunhui Wu, Xiujun Zheng, Serkan Erkan, Sanjeev J. Suratwala, Amir A. Mehbod, Ensor E. Transfeldt

Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques

Abstract

The results of this study showed that pedicle screws can be easily and safely backed out after augmentation with PMMA or CPC. The result of CPC, however, may only be valid before any bony ingrowth.