Instability of the lumbar burst fracture and limitations of transpedicular instrumentation

Spine

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 1995, Pages 1452-1461

  Slosar, Paul J ^a,b   Patwardhan, Avinash G ^a,c   Lorenz, Mark ^a   Havey, Robert ^a,c   Sartori, Mark ^a,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Instability; Spinal instrumentation; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT STABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0029035767     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199507000-00003     Document Type: Article

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