There are various methods for measuring kyphosis after thoracolumbar burst fracture. The reliability and reproducibility of these methods are not well defined. In the study reported here, we examined 4 commonly used measurement methods in order to determine intraobserver variability, interobserver variability, and variability between measurement methods. All 4 methods were found to be accurate ...

Introduction Chance fractures, the horizontal splitting vertebral fractures caused by flexion distraction mechanism, are inherently unstable fractures. These fractures can land up with significant visceral injuries. There are most commonly seen at thoracolumbar junction or in lumbar spine due to their high mobility. These fractures are extremely rare in the thoracic spine due to the rigidity of...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective. OBJECTIVE With approximately 10,000 new spinal cord injury (SCI) patients in the United States each year, predicting public health outcomes is an important public health concern. Combining all regions of the spine in SCI trials may be misleading if the lumbar and sacral regions (conus) have a neurologic improvement at different rates than the thoracic or thoracolum...

OBJECTIVES Classification methods that are currently being used for clinical decision making in thoracolumbar fractures, are limited by reproducibility and prognostic value. Additionally, they do not include kyphosis. As a posttraumatic kyphosis is related to persistent pain, it is of importance to determine a risk of posttraumatic kyphosis based on fracture type and patient characteristics. ...

OBJECTIVE The aim is to find rate of return to work of surgically treated thoracolumbar fracture patients and to know if back pain, compensation issues or neurological status influence this rate. METHODOLOGY A retrospective cohort study analysing the patients with thoracolumbar fractures treated surgically from January 2008 till December 2009. RESULTS Neurological status is the main factor ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the correlation between the severity of intervertebral disc injury and the anteroposterior type of thoracolumbar vertebral fractures. METHODS Fifty-six cases of thoracolumbar vertebral fractures treated in our trauma center from October 2012 to October 2013 were included in this study. The fractures were classified by the anteroposterior classification, whereas the sever...

BACKGROUND This study attempts to prove a cause and effect relationship between spine immobilization following posterior fixation for unstable burst fractures and degeneration observed following hardware removal. METHODS We enrolled 57 patients (259 intervertebral discs [IVDs]) who underwent only posterior instrumentation without fusion for thoracolumbar and lumbar unstable burst fractures. W...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to research the effectiveness of conservative treatment of stable post-traumatic thoracolumbar vertebral fractures in elderly patients. METHODS The study included 21 elderly patients (13 females, 8 males) with post-traumatic thoracolumbar compression fracture who were treated with a brace. Fractures without any trauma history, pathological fractures, pa...

objective: to determine the prevalence of fractures and associated risk factors in healthy iranian children and adolescents. methods: in this cross sectional population based study, 478 healthy iranian children and adolescents aged 9–18 years old participated. baseline data and bone mineral content and density have been determined. one questionnaire was completed for all individuals including p...

Methods. A sample of 49 patients operated on due to traumatic thoracolumbar fracture was analyzed in a single-institution retrospective survey during one-year period. Investigated features were: age and gender, mechanism of injury, level of injury, fracture type, and initial neurological deficit. Based on physical examinations and imaging studies, fracture stability is evaluated to decide opera...