Researchers examined 23 patients under the age of 40 with thoracolumbar or lumbar spine fractures. The patients were treated by the nonfusion method, and implants were removed at an average of 9.7 months after the initial fracture fixation.
The height of the fractured bodies were maintained at the final follow-up, which was more than 18 months after surgery. The initial mean sagittal angle was 17.2 degrees kyphosis and became 2.8 degrees lordosis after fixation of the fractures. The mean sagittal motion was 14.2 degrees in the sagittal plane and 13.1 degrees in the coronal plane at the final follow-up.
The method is effective in treating young and active patients.
Read the abstract for “Nonfusion Method in Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Spinal Fractures.”
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