Long segment instrumentation of thoracolumbar burst fracture: Fusion versus nonfusion

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-112

  Tezeren, Gunduz ^a,c   Bulut, Okay ^a   Tukenmez, Mehmet ^b   Ozturk, Hayati ^a   Oztemur, Zekeriya ^a   Ozturk, Ali ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fracture fixation; Spinal fractures; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; LONG SEGMENT INSTRUMENTATION WITH FUSION; LONG SEGMENT INSTRUMENTATION WITHOUT FUSION; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650224304     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-2009-0224     Document Type: Review

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