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Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation for Thoracolumbar Fractures
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Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation for Thoracolumbar Fractures

Nader S Dahdaleh, Zachary A Smith and Patrick W Hitchon
Neurosurgery clinics of North America, Vol.25(2), pp.337-346
04/2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2013.12.011
PMID: 24703451

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Abstract

The application of percutaneous techniques for the management of thoracolumbar fractures is gaining popularity. Short-segment or long-segment percutaneous pedicle screw fixation can be used to treat a wide variety of thoracolumbar fractures in patients who are neurologically normal. This approach provides internal fixation, allowing the fracture to heal and sparing the motion segments above and below the fracture, as the instrumentation can be removed later.
Thoracic fractures Lumbar fractures Thoracolumbar fractures Percutaneous pedicle screws Minimally invasive spine surgery

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