Transpedicular corpectomy with posterior expandable cage placement for L1 burst fracture

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1069-1072

  Chou, Dean ^a   Wang, Vincent Y ^a   Gupta, Nalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Corpectomy; Expandable cage; Kyphosis; Posterior transpedicular

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURST FRACTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSPEDICULAR CORPECTOMY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649945838     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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