One Stage Anterior Reconstruction and Posterior Instrumentation in Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53599#.VMnoQyzQrzE Author(s) Khaled Omran , Hesham Ali , Ahmed Saleh , Ahmed Omar , Ibrahim Elhawery , Ali Zein A. A. Alkhooly * Affiliation(s) Faculty of Medicine, El-Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt . ABSTRACT Background: The different methods of anterior reconstruction and posterior instrumentation in surgical management of thoracolumbar spine fractures are PLIF, TLIF, lateral extracaviatary and transpedicular techniques which are increasingly used to perform partial or total corpectomies and anterior reconstructions from a posterior approach. These techniques were being alternative to the standard anterior approach with less morbidity and mortality. Patients and Methods: This study was performed between 2011 and 2014 on 100 patients with acute unstable thoracolumbar spine fractures which were divided into four groups: 30 patients ...