Thoracolumbar spinal injuries following speedboat accidents

Thoracolumbar Spinal Injuries

✔ Spinal fractures are frequently located at the thoracolumbar junction for biomechanical reasons ✔ The AO classification has gained widespread acceptance in Europe for the grading of thoracolumbar fractures: Type A: vertebral compression fractures; Type B: anterior and posterior column injuries with distraction; Type C: anterior and posterior element injury with rotation ✔ The initial focus of...

Editorial: Thoracolumbar spinal injuries.

is at the thoracolumbar region, of which more than 50% occur at T11 to L1 levels. More than half of such injuries are sustained in vehicle accidents and 25% are secondary to a fall from a height (usually exceeding 3 meters). Complete neurological deficit has been reported in 25% of such patients and incomplete deficit in about 15%.1 Considerable anatomic differences exist throughout the spinal ...

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries Due to Motor Vehicle Accidents

Background and Aim: Spine trauma is an important health problem. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) due to Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) might have a different epidemiologic pattern in Guilan province of Iran owing to its geographical characteristics. Therefore, the present study was conducted to the study epidemiology of SCI injuries due to road accidents in a trauma referral center in Guilan. ...

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Neurological outcome following delayed fixation of unstable thoracolumbar spinal injuries with short segment posterior fixation.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the improvement in neurological deficit following late decompression and stabilization of the fractured thoracolumbar spine. METHODS Between January 2001 and August 2004 neurological recovery in 120 thoracolumbar fractures was studied after posterior stabilization at the Hospital for Bone & Joint Surgery, Srinagar, India. There were 88 male and 32 female patients. Fall f...