Introduction: to investigate prevalence and underlying risk factors for vertebral fractures in male geriatric outpatients on radiographs of the thoracolumbar spine. Methods: 176 men, mean age 80 years, first‐time visiting a geriatric day hospital, underwent a comprehensive geriatric assessment, routine laboratory investigation and lateral X‐rays of the chest and lumbar spine. The presence of ve...

We studied 122 patients with 163 fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine undergoing the surgical treatment by percutaneous transpedicular fixation and stabilization with minimally invasive technique. Patient followup ranged from 6 to 72 months (mean 38 months), and the patients were assessed by clinical and radiographic evaluation. The results show that percutaneous transpedicular fixation a...

Abstract Background Few studies describe thoracolumbar disc herniation (TLDH) as an isolated category, it is frequently classified the lower thoracic spine or upper lumbar spine. Thus, less known about morphology and aetiology of TLDH compared to (LDH). The aim study investigate sagittal alignment in analyze profile with radiographic parameters. Methods Data from 70 patients diagnosed were retr...

BACKGROUND The thoracolumbar junction is the most common area of injury to the axial skeleton. Forces along the long stiff kyphotic thoracic spine switch abruptly into the mobile lordotic lumbar spine at the thoracolumbar junction. Goals of treatment are to obtain a painless, balanced, stable spine with optimum neurological function and maximum spine mobility. The present prospective study has ...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a lumbar fascia Kinesio Taping(®) technique forward bending range of motion. [Subjects and Methods] This was a longitudinal study with a randomized clinical trial composed of 39 subjects divided into three groups (control, Kinesio Without Tension-KWT, and Kinesio Fascia Correction-KFC). The subjects were assessed by Schober and fi...

Introduction: Radiographic study plays an important role in diagnosis of acute vertebral injuries and helps proper management those patients. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the modality choice for evaluation ligamentous other soft tissue structures, disc, spinal cord occult osseous injuries. Due to high cost, it necessary detect best use this technique thoracolumbar The purpose was evaluat...

Fractures at the thoracolumbar junction are most common traumatic spinal injuries. Advances in instrumentation for vertebral body replacement have significantly improved surgical techniques.However, biomechanical characteristics of stabilizing surgeries been insufficiently studied. Objective. To investigate stressstrain state (SSS) a mathematical finite element model humanthoracolumbar spine du...

Introduction: In vitro biomechanical testing of the spine is a well established method to analyze, compare and evaluate different strategies in treatment of spinal fractures [1-3]. Fracture morphology has an important influence on the clinical decision making process of its treatment. By investigating spinal fracture care in vitro, the different types of fractures leading to distinct treatment ...

BACKGROUND We have occasionally observed clinically noticeable postoperative transverse plane pelvic rotation increase (TPPRI) in the direction of direct thoracolumbar/lumbar rotational corrective load applied during posterior instrumentation and arthrodesis for double (Lenke 3 and 6) adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) curves. Our purposes were to document this occurrence; identify its frequ...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transforaminal decompression and interbody fusion in the treatment of thoracolumbar fracture and dislocation with spinal cord injury. METHODS Twenty-six spinal cord injured patients with thoracolumbar fracture and dislocation were treated by transforaminal decompression and interbody fusion. The op...