tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học:" Two levels above and one level below pedicle screw fixation for the treatment of unstable thoracolumbar fracture with partial or intact neurology"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Two levels above and one level below pedicle screw fixation for the treatment of unstable thoracolumbar fracture with partial or intact neurology | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research BioMed Central Open Access Research article Two levels above and one level below pedicle screw fixation for the treatment of unstable thoracolumbar fracture with partial or intact neurology Hitesh N Modi1 Kook Jin Chung 1 Il Woo Seo1 Hoi Soo Yoon2 Ji Hyo Hwang1 Hong Kyun Kim1 Kyu Cheol Noh1 and Jung Han Yoo1 Address Department of Orthopedics Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital College of Medicine Hallym University Seoul Korea and 2Department of Radiology Hallym Sacred Heart University Hospital College of Medicine Hallym University Seoul Korea Email Hitesh N Modi - hnm7678@ Kook Jin Chung - chungkjmd@ Il Woo Seo - iwseomed@ Hoi Soo Yoon - boundaries@ Ji Hyo Hwang - dr73@ Hong Kyun Kim - jaco-bass@ Kyu Cheol Noh - happyshoulder@ Jung Han Yoo - jhbyoo49@ Corresponding author Published 27 July 2009 Received 8 January 2009 Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2009 4 28 doi 1749-799X-4-28 Accepted 27 July 2009 This article is available from http content 4 1 28 2009 Modi et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Treatment of unstable thoracolumbar fractures is controversial regarding short or long segment pedicle screw fixation. Although long level fixation is better it can decrease one motion segment distally thus increasing load to lower discs. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 31 unstable thoracolumbar fractures with partial or intact neurology. All patients were operated with posterior approach using pedicle screws fixed two levels above and one level below the fracture vertebra. No laminectomy discectomy or decompression procedure was .