Conservative treatment of fractures of the thoracolumbar spine

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-82

  Tezer, Mehmet ^a   Erturer, R Erden ^b   Ozturk, Cagatay ^a   Ozturk, Irfan ^b   Kuzgun, Unal ^b  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BED REST; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LIGAMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; BED REST; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17644396335     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-004-0619-1     Document Type: Review

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