Spinal Fixator for the Management of Spinal Injury (the Mechanical Rationale)
| Autor: | S. M. Rezaian, D. N. Ghista, E. T. Dombrowski |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty Cord medicine.medical_treatment Fracture Fixation Internal 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cadaver Fracture fixation medicine Deformity Humans Reduction (orthopedic surgery) Spinal injury 030222 orthopedics Rehabilitation business.industry Anterior decompression Equipment Design 030206 dentistry General Medicine Biomechanical Phenomena Surgery Spinal Injuries medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Engineering in Medicine. 12:95-97 |
| ISSN: | 2058-3400 0046-2039 |
| Popis: | The goal of successful treatment of spinal injury is to achieve a stable pain-free spine with no deformity and also the complete anterior decompression of the cord for maximum neurological recovery, the minimum bed-ridden time and hospitalization, and reduction of complications and expenses. A special ‘spinal fixator’ has been developed to fulfill these aims. It is a small apparatus with two components: a stabilizer to fix the adjacent vertebrae and a turn-buckle part to produce compression. Extensive biomechanical tests on cadavers confirmed that this appliance produced secure stability on the broken spine. It will simply replace the broken bodies through an anterolateral approach, restore the height of the body vertebrae for normal weight-bearing, and securely stabilize the broken spine for early mobility and rehabilitation; and finally, it will provide the chance to decompress the cord anteriorly for a better recovery. In this way the patient will be able to sit one day after the operation, to stand (with or without brace) in two to three weeks, and leave the hospital in three to six weeks after the operation. Details of engineering rational bases of this technique are described. |
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