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Researchers who used bovine spine constructs to compare single-segment posterior instrumentation and fracture-level screws with single/multilevel posterior fixation and corpectomy in a simulated ...
Still, ‘burst fractures’ to the spine are much tougher to treat. “This type of fracture causes the vertebra to burst apart and in severe cases fragments of bone can be pushed into the spinal ...
Pathologic Thoracic Spine Fracture in Presence of Parkinson's Disease and Diffuse Ankylosis ... a case of L1 osteoporotic burst fracture treated by T11-L2 segmental instrumented fusion was described.
(HealthDay)—For patients with traumatic burst fractures of the thoracolumbar spine who are treated with pedicle screw fixation and direct end-plate restoration, adjacent intervertebral discs do ...
In this register-based cohort study, researchers found surgical management for patients with traumatic thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurological deficits may not be as cost-effective as ...
Lumbar Compression Fracture: (Left) T1-weighted sagittal MRI of the lumbar spine; (Right) T2-weighted MRI of the lumbar spine.Note the compression fracture of the L2 vertebral body. Vertebral ...
This interesting report describes the surgical treatment of a spinal fracture in a patient with ... Decompression of T10–11 was performed followed by instrumented spinal fusion from T8 to L2.