Correlation between widening of interpedicular distance and spinal canal compromise in thoracolumbar burst fracture;Correlação entre a abertura interpedicular e o comprometimento do canal vertebral na fratura toracolombar em explosão

Coluna/ Columna

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-366

  Avonzi, Osmar ^a,c   Meves, Robert ^b   Caffaro, Maria Fernanda Silber ^b   dos Santos, Douglas Freitas ^b  

^a Grupo de Coluna   (Brazil)

^b Laboratory of Kinesiology   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lumbar vertebrae injuries; Spinal canal; Spinal fractures; Thoracic vertebrae injuries

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849124515     PISSN: 18081851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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