Residual mobility of instrumented and non-fused segments in thoracolumbar spine fractures

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 864-875

  Yurac, Ratko ^a   Marré, Bartolomé ^a   Urzua, Alejandro ^a   Munjin, Milan ^a   Lecaros, Miguel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL TRABAJADOR   (Chile)

Author keywords

Intersegmental spinal mobility; Short segment fixation; Spinal fusion; Thoracolumbar spinal fractures; Transpedicular instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33745016231     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-0939-x     Document Type: Review

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