Management of traumatic thoracolumbar fractures: A systematic review of the literature

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 527-534

  Van Der Roer, Nicole ^a,b   De Lange, Elly S M ^b   Bakker, Fred C ^b   De Vet, Henrica C W ^a   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Management; Non operative treatment; Operative; Traumatic thoracolumbar fractures

Indexed keywords

BED REST; BONE GRAFT; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IMPLANT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; ORTHOSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 23844522231     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0847-5     Document Type: Review

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