Functional outcome of low lumbar burst fractures: A multicenter review of operative and nonoperative treatment of L3-L5

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2154-2161

  Seybold, Eric A ^a   Sweeney, Colleen A ^a   Fredrickson, Bruce E ^a   Warhold, Lance G ^b   Bernini, Philip M ^c  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Flat back; Kyphosis; Lumbar spine; Retropulsion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRACES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033569950     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199910150-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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