SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THORACAL AND LUMBAR SPINE FRACTURES
Journal Title: Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery - Year 1991, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
35 cases of thoracal and lumbar spine fractures were surgically treated in Çukurova University Hospital. Of these cases, 23 were males and 12 were females. Mean age was 30.2 years (range 16-55). The etiologic factors were blunt trauma in 1(3%), traffic accident in 19(54%), and fail from height in 15(43%) cases. Fracture types ac cording to Deniş' classification were as follovvs: compression fractures in 1(2.8%,), burst fractures in 21(60%), and fracture-dislocations in 13(37.2%) cases. We used Luque rods, Harrington rods (alone or segmentally fixed), Hartshill rectangles, and Isola system with preference of Harrington distraction system in axial loading injuries. The number of cases that were followed more than 6 months were 23 and the mean follow-up for these cases was 16.2 months (range 6-35). Although we obtained meanly 52.7%, correction of kyphosis in early post-operative period, and the overall loss of correction in kyphosis angle was 2.8° in the last follow-up.
Authors and Affiliations
TOKER H. , GULŞEN M. , HERDEM M. , TOĞRUL E. , BAYTOK G.
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP676154
- DOI -
- Views 175
- Downloads 0
THE EVALUATION OF THE RELATION BETWEEN THE RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND THE CLINICAL OUTCOMEIN THE SURGICALLY TREATED THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURES
Objective: To evaluate the relation between the radiological parameters and the clinical outcome in surgically treated thoracolumbar burst fractures. Material and methods: The radiological parameters and the clini...
VERTEBRAL OSTEOBLASTOMA (REPORT OF THREE CASES)
Osteoblastoma of the spine is rare, accounting for 5 to 10.6 % of primary bone tumors of the spine other than myeloma. About 25-40 % of the osteoblastomas occur in the axial skeleton. They are most often en-countered in...
SURGICALLY TREATED PARAPLEGIA AS A RESULT OF EPIDURAL HEMATOMA ASSOCIATED WITH EPIDURAL CATHETER REMOVAL IN A PATIENT RECEIVING ENOXAPARIN
The spinal hematoma, defined as symptomatic bleeding within the spinal neuraxis, is a rare and potentially catastrophic complication of spinal or epidural anesthesia. Spinal hematoma reveals itself with the signs of cord...
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS
Purpose: There is consensus on medical management of tuberculous spondylitis (TBS); however, literature is quite divided on surgical management of TBS. We aimed to illustrate surgical indications and treatment modalit...
CORRECTION OF THE RIB-HUMP and HRSF APPLICATION AT THE SAME STAGE IN THORACAL SCOLIOSIS
In thoracal and thoracolumbar scoliosis, the first aim was always the correction of the lateral curve and thus the rib prominence remained uncorrected usually. The use of costectomie before or after Harrington Instrument...