Operative management of unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 347-349

  Khattak, Mujahid Jamil ^a   Syed, Shakir ^a   Lakdawala, Riaz Hussain ^b  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hanover spine score; Kyphosis; Surgery; Vertebal fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953552920     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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