Most studies support the hypothesis that early decompression and stabilization of spine
injuries is beneficial in terms of reducing length of stay at the ICU, as well as improving …

Background: Optimal timing of stabilization for thoracic spine injuries in multiply injured
patients is still controversial because additional lung injury occurs frequently. Early …

Purpose The aim of this study was to give a systematic overview over the rate and location of
concomitant injuries, the probability of suffering from neurological deficits, and to give …

Background: The timing of stabilization for thoracic spine injuries is discussed controversial.
Although early repair of long bone fractures is known to reduce complications, few studies …

Background context Many institutions' retrospective studies investigated the effect of the
timing of surgery on outcomes of polytraumatized patients with severe lesions of the thoracic …

Objective To apprise readers about this rare but severest form of traumatic spine injury and
its surgical management. Background Complete fracture dislocation and subluxation (> …

Background Literature describing the application of modern segmental instrumentation to
thoracic and lumbar fracture dislocation injuries is limited and the ideal surgical strategy for …

Traumatic spondyloptosis of the thoracic spine is an uncommon injury. In most cases,
spondyloptosis is confined to one vertebral body, whereas double-level spondyloptosis is …

Objective Spinal trauma is frequently found in multiply injured patients. To gain more insight
into the epidemiology and the clinical course of this entity, we analyzed the relevant data …

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translational forces across the fracture dislocation when the spine is being reduced to the …