Percutaneous short-segment pedicle screw placement without fusion in the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures: Is it effective?: Comparative study with open short-segment pedicle screw fixation with posterolateral fusion

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2305-2312

  Lee, Jung Kil ^a   Jang, Jae Won ^a,c   Kim, Tae Wan ^a   Kim, Tae Sun ^a   Kim, Soo Han ^a   Moon, Sung Jun ^b  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation; Short segment; Thoracolumbar burst fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COBB ANGLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRANKEL GRADING SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LOW BACK OUTCOME SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OPEN SHORT SEGMENT PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS SHORT SEGMENT PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL BODY COMPRESSION RATIO; VERTEBRAL WEDGE ANGLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892371433     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-013-1859-x     Document Type: Article

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