Comparison of anterolateral and posterior approaches in the management of thoracolumbar burst fractures

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-125

  Hitchon, Patrick W ^a,b   Torner, James ^a   Eichholz, Kurt M ^a   Beeler, Stephanie N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Corpectomy; Posterior approach; Spinal instrumentation; Thoracolumbar burst fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33748553357     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.2.117     Document Type: Article

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