Low thoracic and lumbar burst fractures: Radiographic and functional outcomes

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1934-1943

  Defino, Helton L A ^a   Canto, Fabiano R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Burst fractures; Functional outcomes; Surgical treatment; Traumatic thoracolumbar fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOLUMBAR FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36148960916     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0406-y     Document Type: Article

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