Evaluation of the reduction by ligamentotaxis in thoracolumbar burst fractures;Avaliação da redução por ligamentotaxia nas fraturas toracolombares tipo explosão

Coluna/ Columna

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-131

  Silva, Márcio Beckhauser Da ^a   Graells, Xavier Soler I ^a   Zaninelli, Ed Marcelo ^a   Benato, Marcel Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Internal fixators; Kyphosis; Longitudinal ligaments; Spinal fractures; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957125684     PISSN: 18081851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1808-18512010000200007     Document Type: Article

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