Open AccessEvaluation of the effectiveness of surgical methods for the treatment of uncomplicated compression fractures of the spine
Author(s) -
S. P. Karpov,
I. V. Lastukhin
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj97186
Subject(s) - traumatology , medicine , lumbar spine , compression (physics) , surgery , fixation (population genetics) , orthopedic surgery , population , materials science , environmental health , composite material
In the clinic of traumatology and pediatric surgery of the Chuvash University named after I. N. Ulyanov, from 1973 to the present, 704 patients with uncomplicated compression fractures of the spine (NCF) in the lower thoracic and lumbar regions have been treated. Of these, 126 (18%) patients underwent surgical fixation of the posterior section of the damaged area of the spine. The patients were aged 16 to 60 years.