Short-segment versus long-segment fixation for thoracolumbar burst fractures: which is the best option?

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thoracolumbar burst fractures, segment fixation, short segment, long segment

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Ernesto Enrique Horta Tamayo, Hôpital de Référence de Maradi

Especialista de II Grado en Neurocirugía. Profesor Asistente en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Mariana Grajales Coelloâ€. Investigador Agregado.

Diana Rosa Ortega Raez, Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico “Lucía Iñiguez Landín”

Residente de Neurocirugía

Luis César Acosta González, Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico “Lucía Iñiguez Landín”

Especialista de I Grado en Neurocirugía. Profesor de Morfofisiología Humana en la Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades, Ciudad de México.

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2024-09-11

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Horta Tamayo EE, Ortega Raez DR, Acosta González LC. Short-segment versus long-segment fixation for thoracolumbar burst fractures: which is the best option?. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2024 Sep. 11 [cited 2025 Aug. 23];18(3):e1950. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1950

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