title: Anterior decompression of late thoracolumbar fracture dislocation with paraplegia.
abstract: The operative methods for treatment of thoracolumbar fracture-dislocations have been improved in recent years. Anterior or anterior-lateral decompression for thoracolumbar fracture-dislocations with spinal cord injury is considered as a practical and successful method by many researchers. Since 1994 using trans-pedicular partial vertebrectomy, we have treated 43 cases of late thoracolumbar fracture-dislocations with paraplegia successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Southwestern Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038 China.
authors.forename: Dayong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Meiying
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xuquan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tongwei
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chu