Factors influencing the quality of life after burst fractures of the thoracolumbar transition

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 461-468

  Briem, D ^a   Lehmann, W ^a   Ruecker, A H ^a   Windolf, J ^a   Rueger, J M ^a   Linhart, W ^a  

^a University of Medical School Hamburg Eppendorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Quality of life; SF 36 health survey; Spine; Thoracolumbar transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 4844226481     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0710-5     Document Type: Article

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