Therapeutic decision making in thoracolumbar spine trauma

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 21 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Öner, F Cumhur ^a   Wood, Kirkham B ^b   Smith, Justin S ^c   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

classification; review; surgery; thoracolumbar spine; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURST FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTERIOR LIGAMENTOUS COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958019286     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f32734     Document Type: Article

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