THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE: LOAD SHARING CLASSIFICATION AND POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTATION FAILURE

Objectives: To assess the relationship between sagittal collapse, posterior instrumentation failure and the McCormack classification among patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures who had undergone posterior arthrodesis more than one level above and one level below the fracture. Methods: This was...

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Main Authors: Avanzi, Osmar, Landim, Elcio, Meves, Robert, Caffaro, Maria Fernanda, de Albuquerque Araujo Luyten, Felipe, Faria, Antonio Alexandre
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4799079/