In-hospital medical complications after non-operative and operative treatment of thoracolumbar fractures in patients over 75 years of age

•The ideal treatment for thoracolumbar fractures in the elderly is unknown.•Options include non-operative, operative, and vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty treatment.•Operative patients had the highest odds of complications.•Adjusted charges were highest for operative patients. Management of spine fracture...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical neuroscience 2018-04, Vol.50, p.83-87
Hauptverfasser:	Purvis, Taylor E., De la Garza Ramos, Rafael, Sankey, Eric W., Karikari, Isaac O., Goodwin, C. Rory, Sciubba, Daniel M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Elderly Nationwide Inpatient Sample NIS Outcomes Spine Thoracolumbar fractures
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