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Advocating "spine damage control" as a safe and effective treatment modality for unstable thoracolumbar fractures in polytrauma patients: a hypothesis.

Stahel PF, Flierl MA, Moore EE, Smith WR, Beauchamp KM, Dwyer A.

J Trauma Manag Outcomes. 2009 May 11;3:6.PMID: 19432965 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Damage control orthopedics in patients with multiple injuries is effective, time saving, and safe.

Taeger G, Ruchholtz S, Waydhas C, Lewan U, Schmidt B, Nast-Kolb D.

J Trauma. 2005 Aug;59(2):409-16; discussion 417.PMID: 16294083 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Safety and efficacy of damage control external fixation versus early definitive stabilization for femoral shaft fractures in the multiple-injured patient.

Tuttle MS, Smith WR, Williams AE, Agudelo JF, Hartshorn CJ, Moore EE, Morgan SJ.

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The effect of early spine fixation on non-neurologic outcome.

Kerwin AJ, Frykberg ER, Schinco MA, Griffen MM, Murphy T, Tepas JJ.

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Does optimal timing for spine fracture fixation exist?

Croce MA, Bee TK, Pritchard E, Miller PR, Fabian TC.

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[Strategies for surgical treatment of multiple trauma including pelvic fracture. Review of the literature]

Burkhardt M, Culemann U, Seekamp A, Pohlemann T.

Unfallchirurg. 2005 Oct;108(10):812, 814-20. Review. German. PMID: 16142460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Early surgery for thoracolumbar spine injuries decreases complications.

Chipman JG, Deuser WE, Beilman GJ.

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Review of 31 cases of anterior thoracolumbar fixation with the anterior thoracolumbar locking plate system.

Wilson JA, Bowen S, Branch CL Jr, Meredith JW.

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Protocol for a randomized controlled trial on risk adapted damage control orthopedic surgery of femur shaft fractures in multiple trauma patients.

Rixen D, Steinhausen E, Sauerland S, Lefering R, Meier M, Maegele MG, Bouillon B, Neugebauer EA.

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[Damage control orthopedics]

Nast-Kolb D, Ruchholtz S, Waydhas C, Schmidt B, Taeger G.

Unfallchirurg. 2005 Oct;108(10):804, 806-11. Review. German. PMID: 16151748 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Damage control: extremities.

Hildebrand F, Giannoudis P, Kretteck C, Pape HC.

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The timing of fracture treatment in polytrauma patients: relevance of damage control orthopedic surgery.

Pape HC, Giannoudis P, Krettek C.

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[Early treatment for the unstable fracture of the thoracolumbar]

Chen FQ, Shen SA, Wang F, Chen ZJ, Ge W, Ma YX, Zhao S.

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Anterior-only stabilization using plating with bone structural autograft versus titanium mesh cages for two- or three-column thoracolumbar burst fractures: a prospective randomized study.

Dai LY, Jiang LS, Jiang SD.

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Long bone fractures in the polytrauma patient. The role of early operative fixation.

Beckman SB, Scholten DJ, Bonnell BW, Bukrey CD.

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The use of screw at the fracture level in the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures.

Guven O, Kocaoglu B, Bezer M, Aydin N, Nalbantoglu U.

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[Pedicle screw fixation and allograft bone in posterior spinal fusion for treatment of thoracolumbar vertebral fractures]

Yang X, Huo H, Xiao Y, Xing W, Zhao Y, Fu Y.

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Timing of fracture fixation in multitrauma patients: the role of early total care and damage control surgery.

Pape HC, Tornetta P 3rd, Tarkin I, Tzioupis C, Sabeson V, Olson SA.

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Resuscitation before stabilization of femoral fractures limits acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with multiple traumatic injuries despite low use of damage control orthopedics.

O'Toole RV, O'Brien M, Scalea TM, Habashi N, Pollak AN, Turen CH.

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Incidence of deep venous thrombosis after temporary joint spanning external fixation for complex lower extremity injuries.

Sems SA, Levy BA, Dajani K, Herrera DA, Templeman DC.

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