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Background  Surgery is usually recommended for thoracolumbar fracture with neurologic deficit. However, traditional open posterior approach requires massive paraspinal muscles stripping, and the canal decompression may be limited and incomplete. We aimed to investigate a new approach via the Wiltse approach and the Kambin’s Triangle.    Methods  Twenty-one consecutive patients with traumatic upper lumbar fracture who received this new approach surgery between January 2015 and January 2016 constituted the new approach group. Twenty-nine patients received the traditional open posterior surgery between January 2014 and January 2015 were classified as the traditional posterior surgery group. Surgical informations including operative time, blood loss, drainage volume, hospitalization days were collected and compared among the two groups. The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale and Visual Analog Score (VAS) were evaluated preoperatively, postoperatively and at 12 months follow-up.    Results  Patients in the new approach group had fewer operation time (128.3 ± 25.1 vs 151 ± 32.2 min,  P  = 0.01), less blood loss (243.8 ± 135.5 vs 437.8 ± 224.9 ml,  P  = 0.001) and drainage volume (70.7 ± 57.2 vs 271.7 ± 95.5 ml,  P  < 0.001), as well as shorter hospitalization stay than the traditional posterior surgery group (6.6 ± 1.8 vs 8.5 ± 2.4 d,  P  = 0.004). Similar neurologic recovery according to ASIA grade was achieved in both groups (Recovery index: 0.90 ± 0.53 vs 0.86 ± 0.51,  P  = 0.778). While the pain level was significantly lower in the new approach group postoperatively (2.6 ± 0.7 vs 3.5 ± 0.9,  P  < 0.001) and at 12 months follow-up (1.4 ± 0.9 vs 2.4 ± 0.8,  P  < 0.001).    Conclusion  The present new approach was successfully applied in the treatment of upper lumbar fracture with neurologic deficit. It can reduce iatrogenic trauma and achieve similar or better outcomes compared to the traditional posterior surgery.

A new decompression technique for upper lumbar fracture with neurologic deficit-comparison with traditional open posterior surgery