Short segment fixation of thoracolumbar burst fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 703-708

  Scholl, Brian M ^a   Theiss, Steven M ^b   Kirkpatrick, John S ^b,c,d  

^a The Orthopedic Center   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33747796658     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20060801-14     Document Type: Article

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