Indirect spinal canal decompression in burst fractures treated with pedicle screw instrumentation

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-123

  Sjöström, Lennart ^a   Karlström, Göran ^a   Pech, Peter ^a   Rauschning, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

burst fracture; pedicle screw fixator; spinal canal decompression; thoracolumbar spinal injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030034323     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199601010-00026     Document Type: Article

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