Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation for thoracolumbar burst fracture: A Singapore experience

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 577-581

  Yang, Weiren Eugene ^a   Ng, Zhi Xu ^a   Koh, Kok Miang Roy ^a   Low, Shiong Wen ^b   Lwin, Sein ^b   Choy, Kim Seng David ^b   Seet, Edwin ^a   Yeo, Tseng Tsai ^b  

^a KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Thoracolumbar fractures

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SINGAPORE; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SINGAPORE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870012311     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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