Posttraumatic kyphosis: Current state of diagnosis and treatment: Results of a multinational survey of spine trauma surgeons

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a   Wood, Kirkham B ^a   Fisher, Charles F ^c   Fehlings, Michael ^d   Oner, F C ^h   Bouchard, Kim ^a   Arnold, Paul ^e   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^f   Sekhorn, Lali ^g   Harris, Mitchel B ^b   Bono, Christopher M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^f ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Spine Nevada   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic kyphosis; survey; thoracolumbar spine; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC KYPHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE;

EID: 77958554007     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181c03517     Document Type: Article

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