Clinical and radiographic outcomes of pedicle screw fixation for upper thoracic spine (T1-5) fractures: A retrospective cohort study of 27 cases. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Fisher, Charles ^a,d   Singh, Sandeep ^a   Boyd, Michael ^a   Kingwell, Stephen ^a   Kwon, Brian ^b   Meng, Jun Li ^c   Dvorak, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Division of Spine   (Canada)

^c Anting Hospital   (China)

^d D 6 Heather Pavilion ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Pedicle screw fixation; Quality of life; Thoracic spine fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE SCREW; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249176171     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.12.SPINE0844     Document Type: Article

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