Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurological deficit

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Abudou, Minawaer ^a   Chen, Xueyi ^a   Kong, Xiangyu ^b   Wu, Taixiang ^c  

^a XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; BED REST; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOBILIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; ROLAND AND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; META ANALYSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBRA;

FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RETURN TO WORK; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891720543     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005079.pub3     Document Type: Review

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