Management of thoracolumbar spine fractures

KB Wood, W Li, DS Lebl, A Ploumis - The spine journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Background context Traumatic fractures of the spine are most common at the thoracolumbar
junction and can be a source of great disability. Purpose To review the most current …

Spinal fractures in patients with ankylosing spinal disorders: a systematic review of the literature on treatment, neurological status and complications

LA Westerveld, JJ Verlaan, FC Oner - European Spine Journal, 2009 - Springer
The ankylosed spine is prone to fracture after minor trauma due to its changed
biomechanical properties. Although many case reports and small series have been …

Prevalence of comorbidities and evaluation of their screening in spondyloarthritis: results of the international cross-sectional ASAS-COMOSPA study

A Moltó, A Etcheto, D Van Der Heijde… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
Background Increased risk of some comorbidities has been reported in spondyloarthritis
(SpA). Recommendations for detection/management of some of these comorbidities have …

A new classification of thoracolumbar injuries: the importance of injury morphology, the integrity of the posterior ligamentous complex, and neurologic status

AR Vaccaro, RA Lehman Jr, RJ Hurlbert, PA Anderson… - Spine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A new proposed classification system for thoracolumbar (TL) spine injuries,
including injury severity assessment, designed to assist in clinical management. Objective …

Pedicle screw navigation using surface digitization on the Microsoft HoloLens

F Liebmann, S Roner, M von Atzigen… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose In spinal fusion surgery, imprecise placement of pedicle screws can result in poor
surgical outcome or may seriously harm a patient. Patient-specific instruments and optical …

Treatment of traumatic thoracolumbar spine fractures: a multicenter prospective randomized study of operative versus nonsurgical treatment

J Siebenga, VJM Leferink, MJM Segers, MJ Elzinga… - 2006 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Multicenter prospective randomized trial. Objective. To test the hypotheses
that thoracolumbar AO Type A spine fractures without neurologic deficit, managed with short …

Fractures in spinal ankylosing disorders: a narrative review of disease and injury types, treatment techniques, and outcomes

T Rustagi, D Drazin, C Oner, J York… - … of orthopaedic trauma, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Methods: A systematic review of the MEDLINE and PubMed databases was performed using
the following key words to identify articles published between 2001 and 2016:“ankylosing …

Operative treatment of 733 patients with acute thoracolumbar spinal injuries: comprehensive results from the second, prospective, Internet-based multicenter study of …

M Reinhold, C Knop, R Beisse, L Audige… - European Spine …, 2010 - Springer
The second, internet-based multicenter study (MCSII) of the Spine Study Group of the
German Association of Trauma Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie) is a …

Posterior short-segment fixation with or without fusion for thoracolumbar burst fractures: a five to seven-year prospective randomized study

LY Dai, LS Jiang, SD Jiang - JBJS, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: The impact of fusion as a supplement to short-segment instrumentation for the
treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures is unclear. We conducted a controlled clinical trial …

Clinical outcome after traumatic spinal fractures in patients with ankylosing spinal disorders compared with control patients

LA Westerveld, JC Van Bemmel, WJA Dhert, FC Oner… - The Spine Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Background context The clinical outcome of patients with ankylosing spinal disorders
(ASDs) sustaining a spinal fracture has been described to be worse compared with the …