Successful short-segment instrumentation and fusion for thoracolumbar spine fractures: A consecutive 4 1/2 -year series

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1157-1170

  Parker, Jeffrey W ^a   Lane, Joel R ^a   Karaikovic, Eldin E ^a   Gaines, Robert W ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Short segment instrumentation; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FRACTURE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034193916     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200005010-00018     Document Type: Article

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