The nonoperative treatment of burst fractures of the thoracolumbar junction

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 1188-1194

  Reid, David C ^a   Hu, Richard ^a   Davis, Lyle A ^a   Saboe, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EARLY AMBULATION; FRACTURES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0023804051     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198808000-00009     Document Type: Article

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