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THE EARLY MANAGEMENT OF THORACOLUMBAR FRACTURES BY OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION
Author(s) -
RYAN M. D.,
TAYLOR T. K. F.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1982.tb05395.x
Subject(s) - medicine , internal fixation , rehabilitation , retraining , reduction (mathematics) , fixation (population genetics) , surgery , spinal cord injury , spinal cord , physical therapy , population , geometry , mathematics , environmental health , psychiatry , international trade , business
Twenty‐eight patients with thoracolumbar fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation with Harrington instrumentation are reviewed. An unresolved problem is the selection of patients for surgical management. It is a major operation requiring a surgeon experienced in both the care of spinal cord injuries and the use of spinal instrumentation. The technique permits more rapid mobilization, retraining and rehabilitation than nonoperative management.