Onset of a Charcot spinal arthropathy at a level lacking surgical arthrodesis in a paraplegic patient with traumatic cord injury

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.2, 2010, Pages

  Proietti, Luca ^a   Pola, Enrico ^a   Nasto, Luigi A ^a   Scaramuzzo, Laura ^a   Logroscino, Carlo A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Charcot spine; Spinal cord injury; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INNERVATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 79952278230     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1055-0     Document Type: Article

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