Vertebral body reconstruction with injectable hydroxyapatite cement for the management of unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: A preliminary report

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 597-603

  Christodoulou, Anastasios ^a,b   Ploumis, Avraam ^a,b,c   Terzidis, Ioannis ^a,b   Pournaras, Ioannis ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Hydroxyapatite cement; Reconstruction; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KYPHOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RELIABILITY; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE CEMENTS; BONE SCREWS; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744517450     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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