title: [Spinal stabilizations in our department (1989-2002)].
abstract: With the aim to compare results to those found in the literature, authors present a retrospective overview of the spinal stabilizations carried out in the Neurosurgical Department at the St. John's Hospital, Budapest, Hungary between 1989 and 2002. This 37 bed department provides neurosurgical services to the Buda region with its one million inhabitants. Out of 156,000 injuries in total in the past 13 years, the department has dealt with 9360 neurotraumatologic cases, 560 of them suffering from spinal injuries. In parallel, non-traumatic cases were also treated for tumour, infections, degenerative diseases and for the instability of the spine. The 224 stabilised cases were classified into three groups: cervical, thoracic, lumbar. The authors enumerate the type of operation in each level and they present the number of cases belonging to each type. Septic complications occurred in 2.5% of cases. Screw breaking or slackening of the implanted devices was observed in 2% of the cases. The types of spinal operations applied provide satisfactory method for controlling the problems caused by the instability the spinal trauma, degenerative and tumourous cases. These results do not diverge from those found in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Fóvárosi Onkormányzat Szent János Kórház, Idegsebészeti Osztály, Budapest.
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hável
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Göböl
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Görömbey
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lajkó
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Valálik
authors.forename: Arpád
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viola
authors.forename: Jenó
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Julow
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae
vernacular_title: Gerincstabilizációs mútétek osztályunkon 1989-2002.