Open AccessTranspedicular hydroxyapatite grafting with indirect reduction for thoracolumbar burst fractures with neurological deficit: A prospective study
Author(s) -
Tomoaki Toyone,
Tomoyuki Ozawa,
Yuichi Wada,
Koya Kamikawa,
Atsuya Watanabe,
Takeshi Yamashita,
Keisuke Matsuki,
Ryutaro Shiboi,
Nobuhiro Matsumoto,
Shunsuke Ochiai,
Tadashi Tanaka
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.37002
Subject(s) - medicine , kyphosis , surgery , burst fracture , bone grafting , reduction (mathematics) , spinal canal , vertebra , fixation (population genetics) , sagittal plane , lordosis , spinal fusion , radiography , spinal cord , radiology , population , geometry , mathematics , environmental health , psychiatry
The major problem after posterior correction and instrumentation in the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures is failure to support the anterior spinal column leading to loss of correction of kyphosis and hardware breakage. We conducted a prospective consecutive series to evaluate the outcome of the management of acute thoracolumbar burst fractures by transpedicular hydroxyapatite (HA) grafting following indirect reduction and pedicle screw fixation.