Unstable upper and middle thoracic fractures. Preliminary experience with a posterior transpedicular correction-fixation technique

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 529-533

  Payer, M ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pedicle screw fixation; Spine trauma; Thoracic fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX INJURY; TRANSPEDICULAR CORRECTION FIXATION TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 22944447428     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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