A case report of neurologically unstable fracture of the lumbosacral spine in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 115-118

  Hee, H T ^a   Thambiah, J ^b   Nather, A ^a   Wong, H K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Combined approach; Frankel grade

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036363571     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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