title: Current status and perspective of diagnosis and treatment of thoracolumbar fracture in China.
abstract: Since the late 20th century owing to the improvement of spinal surgery techniques, the diagnosis and treatment of thoracolumbar fracture have been perfected more and more. Although the advent of modern spinal surgery in China was late, we have gained some advanced achievements owing to various international communications benefited from the open policy. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate the current status and perspective of diagnosis and treatment of thoracolumbar fracture. There are several issues we would like to discuss here.
authors.affiliation: The Orthopaedics Department, the First Affiliated Hospital, Suzhou Medical College, Suzhou 215006, China. tww86304@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Tian-si
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hang-ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries