Using the cortical bone trajectory screw technique with vertebral column resection to treat an osteoporotic compression fracture in progressive thoracolumbar hyperkyphosis: A case report
Progressive thoracolumbar hyperkyphosis (aka hunchbacked) with a sagittal imbalance in an osteoporotic compression fracture might warrant surgical correction when conservative treatment fails. A 70-year-old woman presented with an L1 osteoporotic compression fracture after an L1 vertebroplasty and a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-03-01
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Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918301877 |