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  • Title: Anterior spine stabilization and decompression for thoracolumbar injuries.
    Author: Dunn HK.
    Journal: Orthop Clin North Am; 1986 Jan; 17(1):113-9. PubMed ID: 3945474.
    Abstract:
    In a series of patients with thoracolumbar spine injuries, anterior spinal canal decompression resulted in better neurologic recovery than did previously reported posterior instrumentation or nonoperative treatment. The technique allows stabilization over a much shorter segment of the spine than posterior instrumentation and therefore is indicated for fractures at L2 and below and in all patients with burst fractures and neurologic compromise.
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