Treatment of acute thoracolumbar burst fractures with kyphoplasty and short pedicle screw fixation: Transpedicular intracorporeal grafting with calcium phosphate: A prospective study

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 354-361

  Korovessis, Panagiotis ^a   Repantis, Thomas ^a   George, Petsinis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Balloon kyphoplasty; Calcium phosphate; Neurological deficit; Pedicle screw; Short internal fixation; Thoracolumbar vertebral fracture; Transpedicular grafting

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349001111     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.37000     Document Type: Article

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