The effect of surgery and remodelling on spinal canal measurements after thoracolumbar burst fractures

European Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-63

  Wessberg, Per ^a,b   Wang, Yuxing ^a   Irstam, Lars ^a   Nordwall, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Remodelling; Spinal canal; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; TIME; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035258983     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860000194     Document Type: Article

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