Surgical management of posttraumatic thoracolumbar kyphosis

Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 666-677

  Buchowski, Jacob M ^a   Kuhns, Craig A ^b   Bridwell, Keith H ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic deformity; Posttraumatic kyphosis; Sagittal imbalance; Spinal deformity; Spine trauma

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LEG PAIN; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PUBMED; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 45949105449     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2007.03.006     Document Type: Review

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