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The posterior stabilisation is the Gold Standard in the operative treatment of spinal fractures. We want to focus on the question which cases might benefit from an additional anterior stabilisation.
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Castein, J., Kandziora, F. (2019). Anterior Surgical Management of Thoracic and Lumbar Fractures. In: Meyer, B., Rauschmann, M. (eds) Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98875-7_36
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