Z-plate instrumentation in thoracolumbar spinal fractures

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 92-97

  Aydin, Erbil ^a,b   Solak, A Sukru ^a   Tuzuner, M Mert ^a   Benli, I Teoman ^a   Kis, Mahmut ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior instrumentation; Spinal fractures; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; SPINE FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032846977     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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