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01-07-2011 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Chief Editor: Outcome of thoracolumbar burst fractures treated with indirect reduction and fixation without fusion. Huilin Yang, Jin-hui Shi, Molly Ebraheim, Xiaochen Liu, Joseph Konrad, Ibrahim Husain, Tian-si Tang, Jiayong Liu Eur Spine J. Published online 8 August 2010

Authors: François Lucas, Evelyne Emery

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 7/2011

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We read with great interest the article written by Liu et al. This retrospective study included patients with type A or C according AO classification non-osteoporosis thoracolumbar fractures. They were treated with posterior fixation without fusion after indirect reduction. Almost all patients had instrumentation removal at 9–12 months post-operative. The authors report good long-term outcome for the great majority of included patients. …

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Title: Letter to the Chief Editor: Outcome of thoracolumbar burst fractures treated with indirect reduction and fixation without fusion. Huilin Yang, Jin-hui Shi, Molly Ebraheim, Xiaochen Liu, Joseph Konrad, Ibrahim Husain, Tian-si Tang, Jiayong Liu Eur Spine J. Published online 8 August 2010
Authors: François Lucas
Evelyne Emery
Publication date: 01-07-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 7/2011
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-010-1684-3

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Letter to the Chief Editor: Outcome of thoracolumbar burst fractures treated with indirect reduction and fixation without fusion. Huilin Yang, Jin-hui Shi, Molly Ebraheim, Xiaochen Liu, Joseph Konrad, Ibrahim Husain, Tian-si Tang, Jiayong Liu Eur Spine J. Published online 8 August 2010

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