Management of thoracolumbar spine fractures

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 145-164

  Wood, Kirkham B ^a   Li, Weishi ^a   Lebl, Darren S ^b   Ploumis, Avraam ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Hospital for Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fracture; Fracture dislocation; Fusion; Kyphoplasty; Outcomes; Spine; Surgery; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRAVASATION; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; KYPHOPLASTY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FRACTURE; FRACTURE-DISLOCATION; FUSION; KYPHOPLASTY; OUTCOMES; SPINE; SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR;

FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84890491372     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.10.041     Document Type: Review

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