Acute Lumbar Burst Fracture Treated by Minimally Invasive Lateral Corpectomy

Burst fractures in acute spinal traumas are a difficult problem to solve. Different approaches and techniques have been utilized, but with high incidence of morbidity and mortality, besides unsatisfactory clinical and radiological results. Mini-open approaches recently emerged and have been shown to...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Amaral, Luis Marchi, Leonardo Oliveira, Thiago Coutinho, Luiz Pimenta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/953897