Percutaneous internal fixation combined with kyphoplasty for neurologically intact thoracolumbar fractures: A prospective cohort study of 24 patients with one year of follow-up

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-395

  Bironneau, A ^a   Bouquet, C ^a   Millet Barbe, B ^a   Leclercq, N ^a   Pries, P ^a   Gayet, L E ^a  

^a La Milétrie Teaching Hospital Center ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Fracture; Kyphoplasty; Osteosynthesis; Percutaneous; Spine; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS INTERNAL FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; X RAY ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KYPHOPLASTY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051710091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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