The effect of posterior instrumentation of the spine on canal dimensions and neurological recovery in thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures

Musculoskeletal Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-106

  Mohanty, S P ^a   Bhat, Shyamasunder N ^a   Ishwara Keerthi, C ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Canal compromise; Canal remodeling; Indirect decompression; Neurological deficit; Spinal injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855166853     PISSN: 20355106     EISSN: 20355114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12306-011-0111-1     Document Type: Article

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