Open AccessBone turnover in vertebral fractures: Does it effect the decision of surgery?
Author(s) -
Zeki Serdar Ataızı,
Hasan Emre Aydın,
Evin Kocatürk,
Ahmet Çerezci,
İbrahim Alataş
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_137_16
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal fracture , surgery , resorption , bone healing , neurosurgery , osteocalcin , creatinine , osteoporosis , lumbar , alkaline phosphatase , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
Instrumentation is commonly used in spinal surgery to stabilize the fracture. In the present study, we aimed to compare the early and late changes seen in bone production and degradation products in patients with traumatic spinal fracture who had been treated surgically or conservatively.