Thoracolumbar burst fractures: Correlation between post-traumatic spinal canal stenosis and initial neurological deficit

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-39

  Sapkas, George ^a   Efstathiou, Panos ^a   Makris, Argirios ^a   Kyratzoulis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

neurologic manifestations; spinal canal stenosis; spinal fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0029942234     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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