Treatment of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures with Polymethyl Methacrylate Vertebroplasty and Short-segment Pedicle Screw Fixation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1354-1361

  Cho, Der Yang ^a   Lee, Wuen Yen ^a   Sheu, Pon Chun ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b   Hitchon, Patrick W ^b   Cooper, Paul R ^b   Wang, Michael Y ^b   Hadley, Mark N ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior vertebral height; Instrument failure; Kyphotic deformity; Pedicle screw; Polymethyl methacrylate; Short segment; Thoracolumbar burst fracture; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0344012185     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000093200.74828.2F     Document Type: Article

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