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Restoration of Anterior Vertebral Height by Short-Segment Pedicle Screw Fixation with Screwing of Fractured Vertebra for the Treatment of Unstable Thoracolumbar Fractures

Ozdemir, Bulent; Kanat, Ayhan; Erturk, Cihangir; Batcik, Osman Ersagun; Balik, Mehmet Sabri; Yazar, Ugur; Guvercin, Ali Riza (Elsevier Science Inc, 2017)

BACKGROUND: the treatment of unstable thoracolumbar fractures remains controversial. Long-segment pedicle screw constructs may be stiffer and impart greater forces on adjacent segments compared with short-segment constructs. ...