Conservative management of thoracolumbar burst spine fractures using Gertzbein and load shearing classification

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-41

  Aligizakis, A ^a,b   Katonis, P ^b   Stergiopoulos, K ^b   Katsamouris, A ^b   Galanakis, I ^b   Hadjipavlou, A ^b  

^a Department of Orthopaedics ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Fractures; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WORK;

EID: 0036310802     PISSN: 09484817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-002-0014-9     Document Type: Article

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