Treatment of traumatic thoracolumbar spine fractures: A multicenter prospective randomized study of operative versus nonsurgical treatment

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 2881-2890

  Siebenga, Jan ^a   Leferink, Vincent J M ^b   Segers, Michiel J M ^c   Elzinga, Matthijs J ^c   Bakker, Fred C ^c   Haarman, Henk J Th M ^c   Rommens, Pol M ^d   Ten Duis, Henk Jan ^b   Patka, Peter ^e  

^a Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Randomized clinical trial; Spine fracture; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RMDQ 24 SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAS PAIN SCORE; VAS SPINE SCORE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33845369007     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000247804.91869.1e     Document Type: Article

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