Thoracolumbar burst fracture with complete paraplegia: rationale for second-stage anterior decompression and fusion regarding functional outcome

BACKGROUND: Appropriate management of thoracolumbar injury with complete paraplegia remains controversial. Purpose of present study is to study whether advantages are worth the morbidity associated with staged anterior decompression in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty patients (90% male)...

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Autores principales: Prabhakar, Mukund M., Rao, Bhagwat Singh, Patel, Lilam
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2009
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19468683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-009-0052-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19468683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-009-0052-8

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