Spine Fracture
Conditions
Brief summary
Each year, there are approximately 5 million new vertebral fractures worldwide1. Most of these fractures involve the thoracolumbar or lumbar spines. The thoracolumbar junction, due to its mechanical transition zone, and the lumbar spine, due to its absence of stabilizing articulations with the ribs, lordotic posture and more sagittal oriented facet joints, are vulnerable for involvement in spinal injuries2. Burst fractures occurs frequently in high-energy traumas which are most commonly associated with falls and traffic accidents.3
Interventions
PROCEDUREspine surgery
AO Classification6 It classifies thoracolumbar fractures into 3 major groups, based on the mechanism of injury.and each of them subdivided to 3 subgroups. A. Compression B. Distraction C. multi-directional with translation Thoracolumbar AO spine injury score
Sponsors
Sohag University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 1-Skeletally mature patients (18yrs and older). 2-Thoracolumbar fractures.
Exclusion criteria
* 1-skeletally immature patients. 2-pathological fractures.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AO Spine Injury Score | 1 year | * injury morphology * integrity of the PLC * neurological status |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed