The role of anterior surgery in the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 959-962

  McGuire Jr , Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 1842293316     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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