Anterior decompression and fixation versus posterior reposition and semirigid fixation in the treatment of unstable burst thoracolumbar fracture: Prospective clinical trial

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-53

  Stančić, Marin F ^a,b   Gregorović, Egidio ^a   Nožica, Etica ^a   Penezić, Ljubomir ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL PULA   (Croatia)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Decompression; Emergency treatment; Fracture fixation; Laminectomy; Lumbar vertebrae; Paraparesis; Spinal injuries; Surgical thoracic vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; SPINE FRACTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035114748     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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