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Complications pertaining to spine fracture fixation can be divided into preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative complications. The specific complications, inherent to each procedure, are outlined in the text. However, complications pertaining to spine trauma surgery, in general, will be discussed in this chapter.
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Burger, E. (2010). Complications in Spine Surgery. In: Patel, V., Burger, E., Brown, C. (eds) Spine Trauma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03694-1_36
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