Anterior expandable strut cage replacement for osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral collapse

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 454-462

  Uchida, Kenzo ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeru ^a   Nakajima, Hideaki ^a   Kokubo, Yasuo ^a   Yayama, Takafumi ^a   Sato, Ryuichiro ^a   Timbihurira, Godfrey ^a   Baba, Hisatoshi ^a  

^a University of Fukui   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior reconstruction; Expandable titanium cage; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPANDABLE CAGE STRUT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BONE SCREW; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745951926     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.6.454     Document Type: Article

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