Anteriorly displaced transverse fractures of the sacrum in adolescents: Report of two cases

European Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 342-346

  Sapkas, G ^a   Makris, A ^a   Korres, D ^a   Kyratzoulis, J ^a   Meleteas, E ^a   Antoniadis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Decompression; Operative treatment; Sacral fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0030732760     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01142683     Document Type: Article

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