Balloon kyphoplasty in traumatic fractures of the thoracolumbar junction: Preliminary experience in 12 cases

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 147-153

  De Falco, R ^a,b   Scarano, E ^a   Di Celmo, D ^a   Grasso, U ^a   Guarnieri, L ^a  

^a S Maria delle Grazie Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kyphoplasty; Spine; Thoraco lumbar fracture; Vertebral injuries

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; MALE; ORTHOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAFETY; SPINE FRACTURE; TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 31344431784     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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