Treatment of unstable thoracolumbar and lumbar spine injuries using Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 2352-2357

  Katonis, Pavlos G ^a   Kontakis, George M ^a   Loupasis, George A ^a   Aligizakis, Agisilaos C ^a   Christoforakis, Joseph I ^a   Velivassakis, Emmanouel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cotrel Dubousset instrumentation; Ligamentotaxis; Pedicle screw; Thoracolumbar spinal injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0032754925     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199911150-00011     Document Type: Article

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