Vertebral body cage use in thoracolumbar fractures: Outcomes in a prospective series of 23 cases at 2years' follow-up

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 602-607

  Salas, N ^a   Prebet R ^a   Guenoun, B ^a   Gayet, L E ^a   Pries, P ^a  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive approach; Spinal posture; Spinal stability; Vertebral body replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054021463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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