Radiologic and clinical evaluation of Harrington instrumentation in the injured dorsolumbar spine.
Conventional radiography and CT examination of the dorsolumbar spine were performed in 9 cases of vertebral fractures before and after Harrington instrumentation. The findings were correlated with neurologic symptoms and signs and the role of a commonly observed retropulsed vertebral body fragment in the development of compression symptoms of the spinal cord or cauda equina is discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed