Anterolateral dynamized instrumentation and fusion for unstable thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 686-690

  Carl, Allen L ^a   Tranmer, Bruce I ^a   Sachs, Barton L ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

anterolateral dynamized instrumentation; unstable burst fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030990147     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199703150-00022     Document Type: Article

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