Use of the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital instrumentation in the treatment of thoracolumbar injuries

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 882-888

  Korovessis, Panagiotis G ^a,b   Baikousis, Andreas ^a   Stamatakis, Marios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital segmental instrumentation; thoracolumbar spinal fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030988585     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199704150-00011     Document Type: Article

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