Long-term investigation of nonsurgical treatment for thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures an outcome analysis in sight of spinopelvic balance.PDFVIP

Eur Spine J (2008) 17:1073–1095 DOI 10.1007/s00586-008-0700-3 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Long-term investigation of nonsurgical treatment for thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures: an outcome analysis in sight of spinopelvic balance ¨ Heiko Koller Æ Frank Acosta Æ Axel Hempfing Æ David Rohrmuller Æ Mark Tauber Æ Stefan Lederer Æ Herbert Resch Æ Juliane Zenner Æ Helmut Klampfer Æ Robert Schwaiger Æ Robert Bogner Æ Wolfgang Hitzl Received: 10 October 2007 / Revised: 18 May 2008 / Accepted: 25 May 2008 / Published