Long-term results of conservative treatment for thoracolumbar compression fractures

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-83

  Tonbul, Murat ^a   Yilmaz, Mehmet Resat ^a   Ozbaydar, Mehmet Ugur ^a   Adas, Mujdat ^a   Altan, Egemen ^a  

^a Okmeydani Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Back pain etiology; Fracture healing; Lumbar vertebrae; Orthotic devices; Spinal fracture therapy; Thoracic vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTICS; PATHOLOGY; PLASTER CAST; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749093924     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2008.42.2.080     Document Type: Article

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