The use of 'hybrid' allografts in the treatment of fractures of the thoracolumbar spine: First experience

European Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 64-68

  Vanderschot, P ^a   Caluwe, G ^a   Lateur, L ^a   Broos, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fusion rate; Spine injuries; Structural allograft

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; TIBIA; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; VERTEBRA;

BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0035259850     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860000209     Document Type: Article

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