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Bony Healing of Unstable Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures in the Elderly Using Percutaneously Applied Titanium Mesh Cages and a Transpedicular Fixation System with Expandable Screws

INTRODUCTION: There is a high incidence of vertebral burst fractures following low velocity trauma in the elderly. Treatment of unstable vertebral burst fractures using the same principles like in stable vertebral burst fractures may show less favourable results in terms of fracture reduction, maint...

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Autores principales: Eschler, Anica, Ender, Stephan Albrecht, Schiml, Katharina, Mittlmeier, Thomas, Gradl, Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25706642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117122