Introduction. Minimally invasive techniques of transpedicular fusion have become very common and seem to displace classical open techniques. Pedicle screws is the procedure choice in unstable traumatic lumbar thoracic spine fractures of.Aim. The aim study was answer whether are still used injuries or they been completely replaced by MISS.Material Methods. manuscript presents an analysis patient...

BACKGROUND Scoliogauge, has been developed for the measurement of ATR on iPhone smartphones. This study was to evaluate the reliability for the smartphone-aided ATR measurement method and to compare its reliability with that of the manual method. METHODS Sixty-four AIS patients with single thoracic or lumbar curve participated in this study. Of these patients, thirty-two patients had main tho...

BACKGROUND The treatment of unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures with short-segment posterior spinal instrumentation without anterior column reconstruction is associated with a high rate of screw breakage and progressive loss of reduction. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the functional, neurologic, and radiographic results following transpedicular, balloon-assisted fracture r...

Intraoperative real-time sonography was used to monitor surgical reduction of acute thoracolumbar burst fractures in eight patients. Real-time sonography was performed after laminectomy through a saline-filled operative field using either a 5.0 or a 7.5 MHz transducer. Sonography was performed during Harrington rod distraction and during fracture reduction to confirm adequacy of decompression o...

OBJECTIVE Evaluate incidence of Magerl's A and B group in thoracolumbar burst fracture (Denis) according to independent examiners. METHOD According to the posterior spinous process split on the anterior posterior radiography, three independent examiners have analyzed the patients admitted from 2000 to 2009 with thoracolumbar burst fractures (according to Denis) to differentiate between Magerl...

Case Description- A two-year-old non-ambulatory intact male Pekingese breed dog was referred to private clinic.   Clinical Findings- The clinical examination revealed non-weight bearing of hindlimbs, back pain and constipation, urinary continence with normal appetite. Treatment and Outcome-  Reduction and  stabilization  were performed by transilial pinning. Defecation and urination became ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcome of osteoplastic laminotomy after excision of primary tumours of the thoracolumbar and lumbar spine. METHODS Records of 10 male and 11 female consecutive patients aged 15 to 57 (mean, 37) years who underwent osteoplastic laminotomy for excision of spinal cord tumours in the thoracolumbar (n=13) and lumbar (n=8) spine were reviewed. After tumour resection, the re...

The purpose of this study was to investigate cement leakage (CL) in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) with cortical defect using high-viscosity bone cement during unilateral percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) surgery.This study included a series of 77 patients (23 males, 54 females) with single level osteoporotic vertebral body fracture (OVCF) who underwent unilateral PKP in our ...

The latissimus dorsi (LD) flap is one of the most common flaps used in plastic surgery based on its dominant thoracodorsal pedicle as well as free tissue transfer. The "distally based" or "reverse" fashion design has been used to repair myelomeningoceles, congenital diaphragmatic agenesis, or thoracolumbar defects. We present a case of a large lumbar defect after cancer resection covered by a c...

Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) has been used to relieve pain and to prevent further collapse of the vertebral body in patients with an osteoporotic compression fracture. The most commonly affected site for the use of PVP is the thoracolumbar junction. There are few reports that have described on the usefulness of PVP in the treatment of a high thoracic compression fracture. We report a case ...