Comparison of operative and nonoperative treatment for thoracolumbar burst fractures in patients without neurological deficit: A systematic review

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 351-358

  Thomas, Kenneth C ^a   Bailey, Christopher S ^a   Dvorak, Marcel F ^a   Kwon, Brian ^a   Fisher, Charles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Systematic review; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

CAST APPLICATION; DATA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; META ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRA;

BACK PAIN; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33646816544     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.5.351     Document Type: Review

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