Anterior stabilization for unstable traumatic thoracolumbar spine burst fractures

2015 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 86-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shihao Zhang ◽  
Jai Deep Thakur ◽  
Imad Saeed Khan ◽  
Richard Menger ◽  
Sunil Kukreja ◽  
...  
TRAUMA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
V.A. Radchenko ◽  
K.A. Popsuyshapka ◽  
M.Yu. Karpinsky ◽  
E.D. Karpinska ◽  
S.A. Teslenko

Author(s):  
Satheesh Kumar S.

Background: Thoraco-lumbar spine fractures form majority of spine fractures and is an important cause of morbidity. However, comprehensive data regarding epidemiological pattern of trauma patients with spinal fractures are scarce. Many epidemiological reports about spinal fractures focus on osteoporosis as an etiologic factor. But in Indian population more important etiological factors are road traffic accidents and falls from height. Studies concerning only operatively treated patients with spinal fractures show selective and biased data that might be useful for capacity planning in hospitals or evaluating results of operative treatment, but not for epidemiological purposes. Methods: Among 86 consecutive patients with thoracic or lumbar fractures attending the out-patient department or Emergency department of Sree Gokulam Medical College, Trivandrum were enrolled in the study.  All patients with fractures of the thoracic or lumbar spine were enrolled in this study.Results: Flexion distraction injuries are the second commonest unstable thoracolumbar spine injuries.Conclusions: This study is a prospective cohort study of the epidemiological aspects and pattern of injury and treatment in thoraco-lumbar spine fractures at a tertiary care referral center. A total of 86 patients were enrolled in the study. The most common fracture pattern seen in this study was compression fractures (24.4%) which are stable. This was followed by stable burst fractures (23.2%, unstable burst fractures (18.6%), translational injuries (fracture-dislocations) (16.3%), flexion-distraction injuries (13.9%) and chance fractures (3.5%).


2018 ◽  
pp. 123-132
Author(s):  
Omaditya Khanna ◽  
Geoffrey P. Stricsek ◽  
James S. Harrop

Ten to twenty percent of all thoracolumbar spine fractures are burst fractures. Burst fractures are typically a result of an axial-loading mechanism, such as from jumping or a fall from height. In this chapter, the authors provide an overview of the different classification systems for thoracolumbar fractures, including the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO) classification system and Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity (TLICS) score. The various treatment options, both surgical and nonsurgical, are discussed, including criteria for when surgical intervention is warranted. The authors discuss the various surgical approaches for treatment of these fractures and their relative efficacies and outcomes. Finally, the authors review the evidence, outcomes, and potential complications of the various treatment options in order to aid the surgeon in their decision-making when these fractures are encountered in their practice.


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 3187-3198 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. J. Spiegl ◽  
C. Josten ◽  
B. M. Devitt ◽  
C.-E. Heyde

Author(s):  
Friederike Schömig ◽  
Yannick Palmowski ◽  
Igor Nikiforov ◽  
Tony Hartwig ◽  
Matthias Pumberger ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Tezeren ◽  
C Gumus ◽  
O Bulut ◽  
M Tukenmez ◽  
Z Oztemur ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Guillermo Alejandro Ricciardi ◽  
Ignacio Gabriel Garfinkel ◽  
Gabriel Genaro Carrioli ◽  
Daniel Oscar Ricciardi

Introducción: Las lesiones del saco dural con atrapamiento de la cauda equina entre los fragmentos óseos pueden estar asociadas con fracturas toracolumbares.Objetivo: Realizar un análisis retrospectivo de las variables clínico-radiográficas y el sistema de clasificación AOSpine y la posibilidad de lesión dural asociada en una serie de fracturas toracolumbares por estallido, tratadas en nuestro Centro.Materiales y Métodos: Estudio retrospectivo, observacional de una serie de pacientes con fracturas toracolumbares con compromiso del muro posterior operados en nuestra institución, entre enero de 2012 y diciembre de 2017.Resultados: Se incluyeron 46 pacientes, 16 casos con lesión del saco dural asociada. Las variables porcentaje de ocupación del canal, distancia interpedicular, ángulo del fragmento retropulsado y déficit neurológico asociado mostraron diferencias estadísticamentesignificativas según la comparación en función de la presencia o ausencia de lesión dural (p = 0,046, p = 0,007, p = 0,046 y p = 0,004, respectivamente).Conclusiones: Según nuestros resultados, la lesión dural traumática podría ser contemplada en la planificación del tratamiento de fracturas toracolumbares ante fragmentos voluminosos del muro posterior con ángulo agudo, compromiso severo del canal raquídeo, distancia interpedicular elevada y daño neurológico asociado, tal como se propone en la bibliografía. AbstractIntroduction: Fractures of the thoracolumbar spine can trigger thecal sac injuries due to the impingement of the cauda equina between bone fragments.Objective: To carry out a retrospective analysis of clinical and radiological variables, the AOSpine Classification System and the possibility of secondary thecal sac injury in a series of thoracolumbar burst fractures treated at our center.Materials and Methods: A retrospective, observational study of a series of patients with thoracolumbar fractures with compromise of the posterior vertebral body wall, who underwent surgery at our center between January 2012 and December 2017.Results: Forty-six patients were included, 16 of which had secondary thecal sac injury. The differences in the variables—percentage of spinal canal involvement, interpedicular distance, angle of the retropulsed fragment, neurological deficit and type C fractures—were statistically significant according to the comparison made with the presence or absence of thecal sac injury (p=0.046, p=0.007, p=0.046, p=0.004, p=0,001 respectively).Conclusions: This study suggests that traumatic thecal sac injury could be suspectedwhen managing burst fractures with prominent fragments in the posterior vertebral body wall, acute angle of the retropulsed fragment, severe compression of the spinal canal, wide interpedicular distance, neurological deficit and fracture displacement (fracturetype C according to the AOSpine Classification System).


2017 ◽  
Vol 0 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Radchenko ◽  
Konstantin A. Popsuyshapka ◽  
Yuriy A. Babalyan ◽  
Sergii A. Teslenko

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