Long term results of pedicle stabilized thoracolumbar fractures in relation to the neurological deficit

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 661-666

  Gaebler, Christian ^a   Maier, Richard ^a   Kukla, Christian ^a   Vècsei, Vilmos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 0031277914     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00151-4     Document Type: Article

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