Effects of two-levels, four-levels, and four-levels plus offset-hook posterior fixation techniques on protecting the surgical correction of unstable thoracolumbar vertebral fractures: A clinical study

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Serin, Erhan ^a   Karakurt, Lokman ^a   Yilmaz, Erhan ^a   Belhan, Oktay ^a   Varol, Tahir ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Different fixation techniques; Stability; Surgical treatment; Thoracolumbar burst fractures

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 3042747896     PISSN: 09484817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-003-0110-5     Document Type: Article

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