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Advocating "spine damage control" as a safe and effective treatment modality for unstable thoracolumbar fractures in polytrauma patients: a hypothesis

BACKGROUND: The "ideal" timing and modality of fracture fixation for unstable thoracolumbar spine fractures in multiply injured patients remains controversial. The concept of "damage control orthopedics" (DCO), which has evolved globally in the past decade, provides a safe guidan...

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Autores principales: Stahel, Philip F, Flierl, Michael A, Moore, Ernest E, Smith, Wade R, Beauchamp, Kathryn M, Dwyer, Anthony
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19432965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-2897-3-6