Mechanical stability of the AO internal spinal fixation system compared with that of the Hartshill rectangle and sublaminar wiring in the management of unstable burst fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-115

  Cresswell, Timothy R ^a   Marshall, Paul D ^a   Smith, Roger B ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Internal fixator; Reduction; Words

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METAL IMPLANTATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031930838     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199801010-00022     Document Type: Article

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