Long-term investigation of nonsurgical treatment for thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures: An outcome analysis in sight of spinopelvic balance

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1073-1095

  Koller, Heiko ^a   Acosta, Frank ^c   Hempfing, Axel ^b   Rohrmüller, David ^a   Tauber, Mark ^a   Lederer, Stefan ^a   Resch, Herbert ^a   Zenner, Juliane ^a   Klampfer, Helmut ^a   Schwaiger, Robert ^a   Bogner, Robert ^a   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b German Scoliosis Center   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Clinical outcome; Nonsurgical treatment; Spinal balance; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINOPELVIC BALANCE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249125275     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0700-3     Document Type: Article

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