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Experimental Model of Proximal Junctional Fracture after Multilevel Posterior Spinal Instrumentation

There is a high risk of proximal junctional fractures (PJF) with multilevel spinal instrumentation, especially in the osteoporotic spine. This problem is associated with significant morbidity and possibly the need for reoperation. Various techniques have been proposed in an attempt to decrease the r...

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Autores principales: Mac-Thiong, Jean-Marc, Levasseur, Annie, Parent, Stefan, Petit, Yvan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5005534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27610381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8058796