Low lumbar spinal fractures: Management options

Injury

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 579-582

  Dai, Li Yang ^a  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036743814     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00021-9     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Court-Brown C.M., Gertzbein S.F. The management of the fifth lumbar vertebra. Spine. 12:1987;308-312.
2. Gertzbein S.D., Court-Brown C.M. Flexion-distraction injuries of the lumbar spine. Clin. Orthop. 227:1988;52-60.
3. An H.S., Simpson J.M., Ebraheim N.A., Jackson W.T., Moore J., O'Malley N.P. Low lumbar burst fractures: comparison between conservative and surgical treatments. Orthopedics. 15:1992;367-373.
4. Finn C.A., Stauffer E.S. Burst fracture of the fifth lumbar vertebra. Am. J. Bone Jt. Surg. 74:1992;398-403.
5. Levine A.M., Edwards C.C. Low lumbar burst fractures: reduction and stabilization using the modular spine fixation system. Orthopedics. 11:1988;1427-1434.
6. Dai L.Y., Jia L.S. Multiple noncontiguous injuries of spine. Injury. 27:1996;573-575.
7. Denis F. The three column spine and its significance in the classification of thoracolumbar spinal injuries. Spine. 8:1983;817-831.
8. Frankel H.L., Hancock D.O., Hyslop G., Melzak J., Michaelis L.S., Yngar G.H.et al. The value of postural reduction in the initial management of closed injuries of the spine with paraplegia and tetraplegia. Paraplegia. 7(Part I):1969;179-192.
9. McCormack T., Karaikovic E., Gaines R.W. The load sharing classification of spine fractures. Spine. 19:1994;1741-1744.
10. Wambolt A., Spencer D.L. A segmental analysis of the distribution of lumbar lordosis in the normal spine. Orthop. Trans. 11:1987;92-93.
11. Bernhardt M., Bridwell K.H. Segmental analysis of the sagittal plane alignment of the normal thoracic and lumbar spines and thoracolumbar junction. Spine. 14:1989;717-721.
12. Jackson R.P., McManus A.C. Radiographic analysis of sagittal plane alignments and balance in standing volunteers and patients with low back pain matched for age, sex and size: a prospective controlled clinical study. Spine. 19:1994;1611-1618.
13. White A.A., Panjabi M.M. The basic kinematics of the spine: a review of past and current knowledge. Spine. 3:1978;12-20.
14. Ballock R.T., Mackersie R., Abitbol J.J., Cervilla V., Resnick D., Garfin S.R. Can burst fractures be predicted from plain radiographs? Br. J. Bone Joint Surg. 74:1992;147-150.
15. Hu S.S., Capen D.A., Rimoldi R.L., Zigler J.E. The effect of surgical decompression on neurologic outcome after lumbar fractures. Clin. Orthop. 288:1993;166-173.
16. Neumann A., Nordwall A., Osvalder A.L. Traumatic instability of the lumbar spine: a dynamic in vitro study of flexion-distraction injury. Spine. 20:1995;1111-1121.
17. Chan D.P.K., Seng N.K., Kaan K.T. Non-operative treatment in burst fractures in the low lumbar spine (L2-L5) without neurologic deficit. Spine. 18:1993;320-325.
18. Knight R.Q., Stornelli D.P., Chan D.P., Devanny J.R., Jackson K.V. Comparison of operative versus non-operative treament of lumbar burst fractures. Clin. Orthop. 293:1993;112-121.
19. Miyakoshi N., Abe E., Shimada Y., Hongo M., Chiba M., Sato K. Anterior decompression with single segmental spinal interbody fusion for lumbar burst fracture. Spine. 24:1999;67-73.
20. Huang T.J., Chen J.Y., Shih H.N., Chen Y.J., Hsu R.W. Surgical indications in low lumbar burst fractures: experiences with anterior locking plate system and the reduction-fixation system. J. Trauma. 39:1995;910-914.