Conservative treatment of lumbar spondylolysis in childhood and adolescence: The radiological signs which predict healing

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-209

  Sairyo, K ^a,b   Sakai, T ^a,b   Yasui, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPORTING EVENT;

ADOLESCENT; BRACES; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59949104886     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B2.21256     Document Type: Article

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