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- Title
Short Segment Fixation of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures.
- Authors
Scholl, Brian M.; Theiss, Steven M.; Kirkpatrick, John S.
- Abstract
Short segment instrumentation for thoracolumbar fractures or fracture dislocations continues to be controversial. Recently, a load-sharing classification score was developed to help predict failure of posterior instrumented fusion alone used for highly comminuted and kyphotic fractures. Twenty-two patients treated with short-segment posterior instrumentation for thoracolumbar fractures were retrospectively reviewed. Although posterior instrumented fusion was used for fractures with a relatively high load sharing classification score, the load-sharing classification score was not predictive of posterior instrumentation failure. Single-level cephalad instrumentation failed at a higher rate than two-level cephalad instrumentation.
- Publication
Orthopedics, 2006, Vol 29, Issue 8, p703
- ISSN
0147-7447
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.3928/01477447-20060801-14