Diagnosis and management of low lumbar burst fractures

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-37

  Sansur, Charles A ^a   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst; Fracture; Lumbar; Trauma; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LOW LUMBAR BURST FRACTURE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBOSACRAL ORTHOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952821724     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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