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Bone and Joint Injuries

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Most fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine are found at the thoracolumbar junction. The aim of therapy is to achieve stable fixation in order to prevent secondary kyphosis as well as spinal decompression. Minimally invasive anterior procedures have been developed in the past and the discussion of whether anterior, posterior, or a combined procedure is sufficient is ongoing. With an increase in patient age, osteoporotic and metastatic-induced fractures are a growing field of interest.

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  1. Zentrum für Chirurgie Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Hand-, Plastische- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm Oberer Eselsberg, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany

    Markus Schultheiss, Daniel Gulkin & Florian Gebhard

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  1. General Hospital Celle, Celle, Germany

    Hans-Jörg Oestern

  2. University of Zurich Department of Trauma Surgery, Zürich, Switzerland

    Otmar Trentz

  3. Klinische Abt. Allgemeinchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Graz Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Graz, Austria

    Selman Uranues

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Schultheiss, M., Gulkin, D., Gebhard, F. (2014). Spine. In: Oestern, HJ., Trentz, O., Uranues, S. (eds) Bone and Joint Injuries. European Manual of Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38388-5_16

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