Nonsurgical treatment of three-column thoracolumbar junction burst fractures without neurologic deficit

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 412-415

  Shen, Wun Jer ^a   Shen, Young Shung ^a  

^a Po Cheng Orthopaedic Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Neurologically intact; Nonsurgical; Spine; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033557963     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199902150-00024     Document Type: Article

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