Proximal junctional vertebral fracture-subluxation after adult spine deformity surgery. Does vertebral augmentation avoid this complication? A case report

Scoliosis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fernández Baíllo, Nicomedes ^a   Sánchez Márquez, José M ^a   Sánchez Pérez Grueso, Francisco J ^a   García Fernández, Alfredo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult deformity; Proximal junctional fracture; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868191987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-7-16     Document Type: Article

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