Posterior short-segment fixation with or without fusion for thoracolumbar burst fractures: A five to seven-year prospective randomized study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1033-1041

  Dai, Li Yang ^a   Jiang, Lei Sheng ^a   Jiang, Sheng Dan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350057377     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00510     Document Type: Article

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