title: [Experiences with the Steffee variable screw placement system in fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine].
abstract: The variable screw placement (VSP) system was first used in orthopaedic surgery. In recent years, this rigid screw-plate system has been implanted with increasing frequency in patients with traumatic instabilities of the thoracolumbar spine. At the University Hospital in Graz, 20 patients have been operated on in the Department of Surgery using this system, and 15 of them have been followed up some months after the hardware removal. The results are compared with those achieved in patients whose instabilities were stabilized with other implants.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Department für Unfallchirurgie, Graz, Osterreich.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wildburger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mähring
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paszicsnyek
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schweighofer
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Hofer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit dem VSP-System nach Steffee bei Frakturen der Brust- und Lendenwirbelsäule.