Anterior-only stabilization of three-column thoracolumbar injuries

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Sasso, Rick C ^a   Best, Natalie M ^a   Reilly, Thomas M ^a   McGuire Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a INDIANA SPINE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior plates; Instability; Spinal instrumentation; Thoracolumbar fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREW; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DISLOCATION; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21344447018     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000137157.82806.68     Document Type: Article

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