Some complications of common treatment schemes of thoracolumbar spine fractures can be predicted with magnetic resonance imaging: Prospective study of 53 patients with 71 fractures

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 629-636

  Oner, F C ^a   Van Gils, A P G ^a   Faber, J A J ^b   Dhert, W J A ^a   Verbout, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Fracture; MRI; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037086687     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200203150-00012     Document Type: Article

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