Single-stage posterior corpectomy and expandable cage placement for treatment of thoracic or lumbar burst fractures

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sasani, Mehdi ^a   Özer, Ali Fahir ^a  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Expandable cage; Posterior corpectomy; Single stage posterior approach

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; EXPANDABLE CAGE PLACEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR BURST FRACTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC BURST FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BONE SCREW; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61749092621     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318189fcfd     Document Type: Article

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