Early sacral stress fracture after reduction of spondylolisthesis and lumbosacral fixation: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1507-1511

  Fourney, Daryl R ^a   Prabhu, Sujit S ^b   Cohen, Zvi R ^b   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^b   Rhines, Laurence D ^b   Haid Jr , Regis W ^b   Kaiser, Michael G ^b   McCormick, Paul C ^b   Traynelis, Vincent C ^b   Papadopoulos, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fracture; Lumbosacral spine; Pedicle screw; Sacrum; Spinal fusion; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STRESS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0036953639     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200212000-00024     Document Type: Article

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