The use of screw at the fracture level in the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 417-421

  Guven, Osman ^a   Kocaoglu, Baris ^a   Bezer, Murat ^b   Aydin, Nuri ^a   Nalbantoglu, Ufuk ^a  

^a ACIBADEM HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fracture level; Kyphosis reduction; Screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849093051     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181870385     Document Type: Article

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