Operative compared with nonoperative treatment of a thoracolumbar burst fracture without neurological deficit: A prospective, randomized study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 773-781

  Wood, K ^a   Butterman, G ^b   Mehbod, A ^a   Garvey, T ^a   Jhanjee, R ^a   Sechriest, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Midwest Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037995747     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200305000-00001     Document Type: Article

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