Unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: Anterior-only versus short-segment posterior fixation

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 242-248

  Sasso, Rick C ^a,c   Renkens, Ken ^a   Hanson, Daniel ^a   Reilly, Tom ^a   McGuire, Robert A ^b   Best, Natalie M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c INDIANA SPINE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Instrumentation; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; BURST FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746508580     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000211298.59884.24     Document Type: Article

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