In 139 patients with burst fractures of the thoracic, thoracolumbar or lumbar spine, the least sagittal diameter of the spinal canal at the level of injury was measured by computerised tomography. By multiple logistic regression we investigated the joint correlation of the level of the burst fracture and the percentage of spinal canal stenosis with the probability of an associated neurological ...

Burst fractures most frequently affect the thoracolumbar spine due to the fulcrum of increased motion occurring at the T12-L1 junction. However, isolated burst fractures of the fifth lumbar (L5) vertebra can occur but are very rare. We present a woman with a fracture-dislocation of the fifth lumbar vertebra complicated by neurological damage. She was treated by posterior surgery with transpedic...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of bone cement-augmented short segment fixation using percutaneous screws for thoracolumbar burst fractures in a background of severe osteoporosis. METHODS Sixteen patients with a single-level thoracolumbar burst fracture (T11-L2) accompanying severe osteoporosis treated from January 2008 to November 2009 were prospectively ana...

This study aims to evaluate clinical efficacy of short segment pedicle screw fixation without bone fusion for unstable thoracolumbar burst fracture. Nineteen patients younger than 40 years old with unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures were included. The surgical procedure included postural reduction for 3 days and screw fixations at one level above, one level below and at the fractured level ...

P3 A NEW VERTEBRAL IMPLANT ALLOWING FOR PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBRAL ANATOMICAL RESTORATION DURING VERTEBRAL STABILISATION. PRELIMINARY CLINICAL EXPERIENCE ON 25 PATIENTS AFTER TRAUMATIC BURST FRACTURE AFTER 6 MONTHS FOLLOW UP. X Barreau, C Renaud, E Durandeau, S Luc, S Hansen, JM Vital, V Dousset Service de Neuroradiologie Interventionnelle et Diagnostique, Hôpital Pellegrin Tripode CHU de Bordeaux,...