[The need for spongiosa grafting in thoracolumbar vertebral body fractures].
Report on examination of 31 patients with fractures of spine in thoracolumbar region. All patients were treated by external fixation without accomplishing a plastic of spongiosa. The permanent SI-Index after operation is coming to 0.85. The outcome by use of external fixation is attesting our opinion, that with this method a plastic of spongiosa isn't necessary.
Klötzer
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R
Neurotraumatologischen Klinik, Städtischen Krankenhauses im Friedrichshain, Berlin.
Knopf
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W
Meier
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U
D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*
Zur Notwendigkeit der Spongiosaplastik bei thorakolumbalen Wirbelkörperbrüchen.