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Spine, shoulder and hand

Short-segment posterior instrumentation combined with anterior spondylodesis using an autologous rib graft in thoracolumbar burst fractures

Good outcomes in 32 patients

Nikolaus AebliSpinal Medicine and Surgery, AndreasKlinik, Cham, Switzerland;Orthopaedic Department, Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland;School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Timm KaiserSpinal Medicine and Surgery, AndreasKlinik, Cham, Switzerland
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Patrick MoulinSpinal Medicine and Surgery, AndreasKlinik, Cham, Switzerland
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Jörg KrebsClinical Trial Unit, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 84-90 | Received 24 Apr 2013, Accepted 11 Oct 2013, Published online: 20 Dec 2013

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