Anterior instrumentation of the spine in thoracic and thoracolumbar fractures: The single rod versus the double rod Slot-Zielke device

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 734-740

  Van Loon, Jan L M ^a   Slot, Gerard H ^a   Pavlov, Paul W ^a,b  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anterior fusion; burst fractures; post traumatic kyphosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KYPHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NAILS; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0029984620     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199603150-00015     Document Type: Article

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