Lumbosacral transitional vertebra causing Bertolotti's syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Paraskevas, Georgios ^a   Tzaveas, Alexandros ^a   Koutras, Georgios ^a   Natsis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a PANAGIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERTOLOTTI SYNDOME; BERTOLOTTI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 77953474789     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-8320     Document Type: Article

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