Steffee variable screw placement system in the management of unstable thoracolumbar fractures: A third world experience

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 737-742

  Chadha, Manish ^a   Bahadur, Raj ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INDIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032438299     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00173-9     Document Type: Article

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