background: the accuracy of pedicle screw placement is essential for lumbar and thoracolumbar spine fracture fixation. purpose: the aim of the present study was to assess the accuracy of the pedicle screw placement with conventional c-arm fuoroscopy-guided in these patients. methods: a retrospective review identified patients who underwent operative management with thoracolumbar instruments at ...

Dear Sir, We read with interest the article ‘‘Transpedicle Body Augmenter A Further Step in Treating Burst Fractures’’ by Li et al. [5]. This article addressed short-segment fixation well by comparing patients treated with a transpedicle body augmenter with a control group of patients treated with short-segment posterior instrumentation. The issue of short-segment versus long-segment fixation i...

A clinical case of surgical treatment a female patient with dumbbell schwannoma growing from the T4 nerve root and aggressive hemangioma vertebral body arch is presented. The open kyphoplasty through posterior approach was performed followed by laminectomy, costotransversectomy at T4–T5 level on left, total microsurgical resection tumor right extrapleural approach, transpedicular fixation T3–T5...