Decompression and lumbopelvic fixation for sacral fracture-dislocations with spino-pelvic dissociation

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 447-457

  Schildhauer, Thomas A ^a   Bellabarba, Carlo ^b,c   Nork, Sean E ^b   Barei, David P ^b   Chip Routt Jr , Milton L ^b   Chapman, Jens R ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Dislocation; Fracture; Fracture fixation; Lumbopelvic fixation; Multiple trauma; Pelvis; Sacrum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; GIBBONS SCORE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION DISORDER; KYPHOSIS; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33746918306     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200608000-00001     Document Type: Article

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