Nonoperative Treatment in Severe Burst Fractures of Lumbar Spine

Autor:	Tomomasa Kajikawa, Kazuo Hatada, Taroh Nakamura, Takehiko Inokuchi, Yuji Taoka, Hidehiro Yamada, Eijiro Nakamura, Kazuhisa Nanamori
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Kyphotic deformity Posterior column Surgery Nonoperative treatment Lumbar medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesia Back pain medicine Lumbar spine Spinal canal medicine.symptom business Neurological deficit
Zdroj:	Orthopedics & Traumatology. 48:1081-1084
ISSN:	1349-4333 0037-1033
DOI:	10.5035/nishiseisai.48.1081
Popis:	A retrospective review of six patients treated nonoperatively for severe burst fractures of the lumbar spines with mild neurological deficits was performed. In five patients considered to have good functional outcome; kyphotic deformity averaged 10 at injury (-14 to 21) and 3.6 at follow-up (-6-15), and spinal canal compromise averaged 54.4% at injury (46.9-62.0) and 34.1% at follow-up (22.2-42.4). One patient with laminar fracture had a mild back pain, requiring surgery. Nonoperative treatment should be considered an alternative in the treatment of severe burst fractures of the lumbar spine with mild neurological deficit and normal posterior column.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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