Course of nonsurgical management of burst fractures with intact posterior ligamentous complex: An MRI study

ALANAY A. , Yazici M., Acaroglu E., Turhan E., Cila A., Surat A.

SPINE, vol.29, no.21, pp.2425-2431, 2004 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 21
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/01.brs.0000143169.80182.ac
  • Title of Journal : SPINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.2425-2431
  • Keywords: fractures, burst, vertebrae, disc, degeneration, nonsurgical treatment, SEGMENT PEDICLE INSTRUMENTATION, THORACOLUMBAR SPINE FRACTURES, LUMBAR SPINE, QUANTITATIVE DISCOMANOMETRY, NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT, INTERVERTEBRAL-DISK, NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT, EARLY FAILURE, ADJACENT

Abstract

Study Design. Prospective study. Objectives. To evaluate the results of nonsurgical management of burst fractures with intact posterior ligamentous complex and to investigate the effect of trauma and/or residual kyphotic deformity on adjacent and next adjacent (neighboring) discs.