Neurological recovery and its influencing factors in thoracic and lumbar spine fractures after surgical decompression and stabilization

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-52

  Rath, Stefan Arthur ^a   Kahamba, John Festo ^a   Kretschmer, Thomas ^a   Neff, Ulrich ^a   Richter, Hans Peter ^a   Antoniadis, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internal fixation; Neurological deficits; Neurological outcome; Operative treatment; Thoracolumbar fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11944262308     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-004-0356-3     Document Type: Article

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