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Preoperative radiological assessment of fractures of the thoracolumbar spine causing traumatic paraplegia

✍ Scribed by E. M. Laasonen; E. B. Riska

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1977
Tongue: English
Weight: 860 KB
Volume: 1
Category: Article
ISSN: 0364-2348
DOI: 10.1007/bf00365789

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✦ Synopsis

As a sequel to preoperative radiological assessment, 32 patients with traumatic paraplegia due to injury at the thoracic or lumbar level were treated by anterolateral decompression. The results were satisfactory in 60% of patients. This paper describes the radiological methods that were employed and specifies the radiological assessment of these fractures. The prognosis in relation to the type of fracture is also considered.