Effectiveness of postural and instrumental reduction in the treatment of thoracolumbar vertebra fracture

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-365

  Xu, Youjia ^a,b   Zhou, Xiaozhong ^a   Yu, Chun ^a   Cheng, Maohua ^a   Dong, Qirong ^a   Qian, Zhongming ^a,b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTURE; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 42449153762     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-007-0338-5     Document Type: Article

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