Flexion-distraction injuries of the thoracolumbar spine: Open fusion versus percutaneous pedicle screw fixation

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Grossbach, Andrew J ^a   Dahdaleh, Nader S ^b   Abel, Taylor J ^a   Woods, Gregory D ^a   Dlouhy, Brian J ^a   Hitchon, Patrick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chance fracture; Flexion distraction; Minimally invasive surgery; Spine; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CEMENTOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CEMENTOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884371375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.6.FOCUS13176     Document Type: Article

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