title: [Treatment of compression fractures of the spine by repositioning and immobilization in hyperextensive plaster casts].
abstract: The treatment results of 57 patients were evaluated clinically and radiologically according to Daniaux. A comparison of the X-ray pictures taken immediately after injury and after reposition of displacement with those after removal of a plaster cast and at a follow-up examination revealed in all the patients improvement of various degree of the wedge-shaped deformation after reposition and application of a plaster cast. Loss of correction after removal of a plaster cast was found in 11 patients, mainly with the wedge shaped deformation and lowering also of the posterior part of the vertebral body. On final follow-up examination, loss of correction was found in further 12 patients. They were mainly patients aged over 50 years, most of them women, and patients with primary vertebral body deformation of over 1/3 of the height. The best results were obtained in young persons with the wedge-shaped deformation of the vertebral body of less than 1/3 of the original vertebral body height.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bohatyrewicz
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gusta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matwiejko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic; D008875:Middle Aged; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Leczenie kompresyjnych złamań kregosłupa nastawieniem i unieruchomieniem w hiperekstenzyjnym opatrunku gipsowym.